March 31 (Reuters) - Australian shares were set to
extend gains on Friday, likely boosted by a jump in resources
stocks on the back of firmer commodity prices, with a strong
showing on Wall Street also likely to prop up local stocks.
The local share price index futures rose 0.5%, a
55.7-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark rose by over 1% on Thursday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.2%
to 11,907.6 points in early trade.
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru
Editing by Chris Reese)
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