Most Asian markets are trading on a mix note on Thursday. Yen gains in early hours of Asia after Kuroda’s comments and trading around 100.94 marks. On the other side, Aussie depreciates against major peers after S&P revises Australia’s sovereign credit outlook. Today S&P revises Australia’s sovereign credit outlook down to negative from stable; Current rating is AAA.
Yesterday gold hit highest since March 2014 at $1,373.56/oz, up 1.3 pct and today XAU/USD is trading around $1,368 mark.
Japan’s Nikkei N225 was trading 0.23% lower at 15,343.40 points in Tokyo.
South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.05% higher at 1,974.17 points.
Shanghai composite index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,009.35 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,206.55 points.
Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.70% higher at 20,640.15 points.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.38% higher to 5,217.80 points.
New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.45% to 7,008.95 points.
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