SYDNEY, July 1 (Reuters) - New Zealand stocks opened higher on Friday with Australia set to follow suit after a positive lead from global markets as jitters about the impact of Brexit on global growth continued to subside.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 rose 0.1 percent, or 9.6 points, to 6,907.1 in early trade.
Pointing to a firm start for Australia, share price index futures YAPcm1 climbed 0.9 percent to 5,225.0, a small discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rallied 1.8 percent on Thursday.
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