FxWirePro: Asian markets noticeably up, gold trades flat at $1,500 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,500 mark while silver was trading around $17.12 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.40 pct higher at 20,598.55 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX200 was trading 0.38 pct higher at 6,544.55 points.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 0.55 percent higher at 26,140.48 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.01 percent higher at 1,929.92 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.87 percent higher at 10,476.67 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.20 pct higher at 10,876.26 points and BSE Sensex was trading 0.20 pct higher at 36,761.06 points.