Nov 11 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to rise on Monday, tracking robust gains on Wall Street, as investors shrugged off worries about progress in Chinese-U.S. trade talks, after U.S. President Donald Trump contradicted reports about a rollback in tariffs sought by China.
Trump said on Saturday that trade talks with China were moving along "very nicely" but the United States would only make a deal with Beijing if it was the right one for the United States. local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.4% to 6,726, a 1.9-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed marginally lower on Friday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose slightly by 3.88 points to 10,880.86 in early trade.