July 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to rise on Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street after potential COVID-19 vaccines showed promising results, while a surge in gold prices is likely to boost the country's prominent gold sub-index.
Tech stocks pushed the Nasdaq to a record closing peak on Monday, while gold prices jumped to their highest since September 2011. .N GOL/
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.7%, a 10.4-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 0.6% on Monday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.2% to 11,580.41 points in early trade.