Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to open little changed on Tuesday, after the International Monetary Fund trimmed its world economic growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020, citing weakness in Europe and the unresolved U.S.-China trade war.
Investors are likely to keep an eye on the world's biggest miner BHP Group BHP.AX , which will report its second-quarter production before market hours.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 was largely flat at a 64.4-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 0.2 percent on Monday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was flat in early trade at 9,141.77.