Aug 3 (Reuters) - Australian shares were set to open flat on Monday as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of a central bank meeting this week, while a resurgence in COVID-19 cases also dampened risk appetite.
Victoria, the country's second-most populous state, declared a state of disaster and introduced a nightly curfew as the state witnesses a recent spike in coronavirus-related cases and deaths. local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.02%, a 50.8-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 2% on Friday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.1% by 2214 GMT.