Australian share prices are expected to start barely changed on Tuesday following a mixed night on Wall Street.
The direction was flagged in futures trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) which had been closed on Monday for the King’s Birthday public holiday.
The S&P/ASX 200 June share price index contract was quoted just three points down at 8,556 at the time of writing.
United States share markets had ended little changed on Monday (Tuesday AEST) as investors watched trade talks between the United States and China.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished flat, the S&P 500 gained just 0.1% while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.3%.
U.S. and Chinese officials met in London with President Donald Trump quoted as saying that he was "only getting good reports" from his team about the talks, adding: "We're doing well with China. China's not easy.”
The S&P/ASX 200 index had dropped 23.20 points or 0.27% to 8,515.70 on Friday as seven of the 11 sectors ended in the red, led by technology stocks.
In economic news today, the results of Australian business and consumer confidence surveys are scheduled to be announced, according to CommSec.
