Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares were set to rise on Thursday, buoyed by an overnight tech-led rally on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 .SPX finishing just short of its February record closing high.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.69%, a 2.0-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark dropped 0.12% on Wednesday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 1.32% by 2207 GMT.