Monday, August 15, 2016

Australia shares set for firm start, NZ stocks steady

SYDNEY, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set for a

firm start on Tuesday, tracking a buoyant session on Wall

Street, with investors focused on more earnings results from

local companies, including giant miner BHP Billiton.

Local share price index futures rose 0.1 percent to

5,494.0, but that was a 37-point discount to the underlying

S&P/ASX 200 index close on Monday. The benchmark inched

up 0.2 percent in the last session, edging closer to a recent

one-year peak.

New Zealand's be

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