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Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open slightly lower on Monday after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data contained risk sentiment on Wall Street.
Retail hiring declined for a seventh straight month in August, but wage growth offered some respite to concerns that the U.S. economy may be heading towards a recession. local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.105%, a 16.3-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.5% higher on Friday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.3% in early trade.