Sept 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares are headed for a soft start on Tuesday after technical glitches in early trade and a halt in the afternoon in the previous session cut short share trading on the stock exchange.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.1 percent, or 5 points, to 5,264, a 30.8-point discount to the last S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO quote on Monday.
The benchmark was flat at 5,294.8 points in the previous session when the bourse announced that trading would not resume. Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was flat at 7,278.2 points at 2210 GMT.
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