Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open
marginally lower on Thursday, as weakness in underlying
commodity prices may drag heavyweight miners, with investors
exercising caution after central banks globally stuck to their
hawkish rhetoric on future rate hikes.
The local share price index futures fell 0.4%, a
101.1-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark closed 0.4% higher on Wednesday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.3%
to 12,172.84 points during early trade.
(Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo in Bengaluru
Editing by Chris Reese)
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