By Soumyajit Saha
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open higher on Tuesday, ahead of a central bank policy meet and the federal budget, and tracking a robust Wall Street on renewed stimulus hopes in the U.S. and an improvement in President Donald Trump's health.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.4% at 21:25 GMT, a 10.4-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 2.6% on Monday.
In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.5% to 11,958.1, in early trade.