Australian shares are slated to open lower on the back of a Wall Street fall overnight, hurt by fresh worries over Sino-U.S. trade war.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.9 percent, a 75-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed up 1.1 percent on Monday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.5 percent in early trade.