CANBERRA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely toopen flat on Friday on mixed leads from Wall Street, holdingbelow 14-month highs hit earlier this week, although a reboundin metal prices may help index-heavy mining stocks.
* Local share price index futures
added one pointto 4,477, a 6.5-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200index
close. The benchmark fell 0.2 percent on Thursdayto 4,483.5, its second loss in a row.
* New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index
rose 0.1percent to 3,889.0 in early trade.
* U.S. stocks ended flat on Thursday after gains on betterjobs data were erased in part by a drop in Apple shares.
* Miners may get some lift as copper bounced on Thursdayfrom two-week lows and iron ore prices hit an 11-week high.
* The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index
,
tracking rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose onThursday on increased demand for coal and iron ore fixtures.
* The Australian dollar
hit a one-week high onThursday as expectations for a November rate cut weakened afterdata showed employment rose 14,500 in September, compared toforecasts for a slight rise of 3,750.
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INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHGS&P 5001432.84 0.02% 0.280USD/JPY78.38 0.08% 0.06010-YR US TSY YLD1.6681 -- -0.012SPOT GOLD1768.29 0.01% 0.100US CRUDE92.36 0.31% 0.290DOW JONES13326.39 -0.14% -18.58ASIA ADRS118.58 1.00% 1.17-------------------------------------------------------------
* Wall St flat as Apple cuts jobs data gains
* Oil up as Turkey-Syria tensions fuel supply concerns
* Gold up with riskier assets, snaps four-day decline
* Copper rebounds on dlr, growth fears crimp gains
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