Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open flat on Wednesday with little inspiration from Wall Street amid weaker commodity prices.
A focal point for investors will be miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO)'s RIO.AX full year results.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 was up 0.1 percent, or 3 points, at 5,575, a 46.9 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close.
The benchmark closed 0.1 percent up in the previous sesion.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was 0.1 percent, or 10.09 points, lower at 7,056.96 at 2111 GMT.
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