Oct 11 (Reuters) - Australian shares will likely climb on Tuesday, mirroring Wall Street, with energy stocks poised to rise on the back of gains in oil.
Oil prices jumped as much as 3 percent on Monday, with Brent LCOc1 hitting a one-year high, after Russia said it was ready to join OPEC in curbing crude output. O/R
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.4 percent to 5,481, a 5.6-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed up 0.15 percent, or 8.01 points, at 5,475.40 on Monday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was steady at 7115.03 in early trade.
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