REFILE-Australian shares expected to open flat, NZ down

(Refiles to add missing word 'central' in lead paragraph) Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to open flat on Tuesday ahead of a key local central bank decision scheduled later in the day, while a lower Wall Street and major commodity prices could pull the index down.

The local share price index futures were largely unchanged at a 68-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark ended 0.3% lower on Monday.

New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.6% to 12,124.150-points during early trade. (Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo in Bengaluru Editing by Chris Reese)

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REFILE-Australian shares expected to open flat, NZ down

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