MELBOURNE, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open roughly unchanged on Monday ahead of a raft of data, although resources stocks will come under pressure from weaker metals prices and with top miner BHP Billiton (L:BLT) facing ever rising bills from a dam disaster in Brazil.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 pointed to a flat opening, having ended down 1 point at 5,206.0, a 0.1 percent premium to the underyling S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 0.2 percent on Friday.
Data due on Monday include monthly inflation, business inventories and new home sales.
New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index .NZ50 inched up 2.7 points to 6,103.7 in early trade.
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