March 4 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to fall on Thursday as disappointing jobs data from the United States weighs on investor sentiment, while tech stocks are likely to track their Wall Street peers.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.56%, a 38-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark gained 0.8% on Wednesday on strong GDP data.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was down 0.3% in early trade.