set to open marginally higher Australian shares are set to open marginally higher on Tuesday, likely boosted by gold and mining stocks on the back of strong underlying prices, while investors exercised caution ahead of a key U.S. inflation reading later in the week.
The local share price index futures (YAPcm1) rose 0.6%, a 2.0-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index
XJO
close. The benchmark fell 0.5% on Monday.