(Reuters) - Australian shares are poised to open higher on Thursday, tracking an upbeat Wall Street session, after U.S. President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China could happen sooner than expected.
The local share price index futures <YAPcm1> rose 0.21%, a 8.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index <.AXJO> close. The benchmark fell 0.6% on Wednesday.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index <.NZ50> rose 0.4% in early trade.
(Reporting by Soumyajit Saha in Bengaluru, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
