(Corrects 4th paragraph to say 'New Zealand', not Australia's central bank meeting is later)
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Australian shares are poised to open lower on Wednesday, as investors take their cue from a weak session on Wall Street.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 dipped 0.2%, a 60.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark ended 0.9% higher on Tuesday.
Woolworths Group WOW.AX , the country's top grocer, is set to report half-year results a week after rival Coles Group COL.AX warned that pandemic-fuelled stockpiling may come to an end.
New Zealand's central bank, which is scheduled to conduct its meeting later on Wednesday, is expected to maintain the official cash rate (OCR) at the historic low of 0.25% for the rest of the year, according to a Reuters poll Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 dipped 0.2% to 12,368.2 points by 2125 GMT.