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Gold futures suffered their third straight loss in a row as traders digested data on U.S. private-sector employment and looked ahead to the closely watched Friday jobs report.
Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.27% fell $3.50, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,200.90 an ounce on Comex, after tapping a low of $1,197.70. May silver SIK5, +0.66% lost 13.8 cents, or 0.9%, to $16.158 an ounce.
Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.12% ) up 0.2%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.57% ) down 0.6%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -1.00% ) down 1%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.28% ) down 0.5%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.04% ) up 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, -0.15% ) down 0.1%
Hong Kong and Shanghai markets led a broad Asian sell-off on Thursday after China set tepid 2015 economic and trade growth targets, while the euro struggled to recover from 11-year lows ahead of a key European Central Bank meeting.
Wall Street provided a negative lead again despite an upbeat report on the state of the US economy and another round of healthy private-sector jobs growth.
Hong Kong fell 0.78 per cent and Shanghai lost 0.56 per cent, while Sydney slipped 0.26 per cent.
MALAYSIA share prices opened lower on Thursday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 5.88 points to 1819.66.
Volume was 32.04 million lots worth RM10.2 million.
Losers outnumbered gainers 74 to 65.
MALAYSIAN shares ended higher on Wednesday with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index adding 4.29 points to close at 1,825.54.
Some 2.12 billion lots, valued at RM2.16 billion were traded. Gainers numbered 345 while losers numbered 473.
