22.12.201623:20:00UTC+00Asian Markets Marginally Lower, Gold Flat at $1,130

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on the last working day of the week. Japanese banks will be closed in observance of the Emperor's Birthday. Gold and silver were trading in a narrow range in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,130 mark whil;e silver was trading around $15.80 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.09 percent lower at 2,034.72 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,134.93 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,333.40 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.65 percent lower at 21,500.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.28 percent lower at 5,627.90 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.04 percent lower at 7,974.70 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.08 percent lower at 25,959.05 points.