Asian markets extremely down, gold touches $1,678 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Friday. Gold was trading around $1,678 mark while silver was trading around $17.40 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 2.92 pct lower at 20,700.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 2.46 pct lower at 6,238.30 points.

India’s NSE was trading 3.15 pct lower at 10,913.75 points and BSE sensex 3.06 pct lower at 37,300.05 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 2.40 pct lower at 2,035.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 2.34 pct lower at 26,142.50 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 1.59 pct lower at 11,340.12 points.