FxWirePro: Asian markets mixed, gold hovers around $1,340 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,340 mark while silver was trading around $14.85 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.45 pct higher at 21,128.49 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX200 was trading 0.04 pct lower at 6,551.55 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 2,880.42 points and China's CSI300 index to open flat at 3,654.44 points.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 0.72 percent higher at 27,312.22 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.20 percent lower at 2,091.58 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.23 percent higher at 10,548.61 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.52 pct lower at 11,762.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading 0.44 pct lower at 39,274.79 points.