Aug 4 (Reuters) - Australian shares were poised to advance at the open on Tuesday after tech stocks powered Wall Street higher overnight, with investors looking forward to more U.S. stimulus in the near future.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite .IXIC ended at a record high, while Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators said on Monday they had made progress in discussions over a coronavirus relief bill. local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 1.4%, a 45.9-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 0.03% on Monday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.6% by 2216 GMT.