Australian shares are likely to open lower on Thursday, with a potential fall in miners on the back of weakened underlying commodity prices, while investors assessed cooler-than-expected consumer price index data released on Wednesday.
The local share price index futures (YAPcm1) slipped 0.4%, a 59.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index 
XJO close. The benchmark closed largely flat on Wednesday.
New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index 
NZ50G was largely unchanged in early trade.