Australia shares poised to open flat, NZ up
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares were likely to open little changed on Thursday, with heavyweight miners likely to fall on softer commodity prices, countering gains in Nasdaq-tracking technology stocks.
The local share price index futures was flat, a 16.7-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 0.2% on Wednesday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.2% in early trade.