(Reuters) - Australian shares are seen edging lower at open on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street and a dip in base metal prices, while investors may also remain watchful of third quarter economic growth data to be out later in the day.
A Reuters poll shows expectation for the nation's Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter to have risen 0.7 percent from the previous quarter, and 3 percent from the same period last year.
The local share price index futures <YAPcm1> fell 0.54 percent, or 32 points to 5,948, a 23.8 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index <.AXJO> close. The benchmark closed 0.2 percent lower in its previous session.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index <.NZ50> was down 0.07 percent, or 5.42 points to 8,170.79 at 2106 GMT.
(Reporting by Susan Mathew in Bengaluru; editing by Mark Heinrich)
