All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Tuesday. Gold was trading around $1,282 mark while silver was trading around $16.48 mark.
Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.56 pct lower at 22,326.77 points.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.11 pct higher at 6,110.22 points.
Shanghai composite index set to fall below the 3,000 point-mark, hit a near 21-month low.
China's CSI300 index down over 2 pct.
Hong Kong’s hang seng was trading 2.37 percent lower at 29,591.02 points.
Taiwanese stocks was trading around 1.34 percent lower at 10,938.93 points.
India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.42 percent lower at 10,754.80 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.36 points lower at 35,418.88 points.
South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.80 percent lower at 2,357.55 points.