Australian shares are expected to open flat on Wednesday, with plunging oil prices expected to drag on energy stocks and offset possible gains in other sectors on renewed U.S.-China trade talks.
Index futures <YAPcm1> fell 3 points to 5,829, a 5.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index <.AXJO> close. The benchmark shed 1.8 percent on Tuesday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index <.NZ50> rose marginally in early trade.
(Reporting by Niyati Shetty in Bengaluru; editing by John Stonestreet)
