Australia shares poised to open flat, NZ up

By Reuters News

- 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.

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