Nov 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to extend gains into a second session at open on Friday, with stronger iron ore and gold prices overnight expected to lend support to the mining stocks.
The most traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange DCIOcv1 rose 1.7% to 619 yuan a tonne on Thursday, while spot gold XAU= rose 0.7% to $1,472.66 per ounce as of Nov 14 1905 GMT. IRONORE/ GOL/
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.3%, a 24.9-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 0.6% on Thursday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.2% by 2107 GMT.