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Australia shares expected to perk up, NZ flat

Published 25/09/2017, 07:07 am
© Reuters.  Australia shares expected to perk up, NZ flat
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Sept 25 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to pick up on Monday backed by firm oil prices and a positive finish last week on Wall Street.

Oil prices ended about 1 percent higher on Friday as OPEC members said they may wait till January to make a decision about the extension of output cuts. O/R

Wall Street ended marginally higher on Friday as worries about Washington's latest healthcare legislation proposal lost steam. .N

The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.123 percent, or 7 points, to 5,679, a 3.1-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 0.5 percent on Friday.

New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was flat in early trade.

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