Dec 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open little changed on Friday as world equity markets continued a week-long slide.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 were largely flat at a 75.8 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark hit two-year lows on Thursday, closing 1.3 percent lower.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.6 percent in early trade.