Australian shares poised for second day of gains, NZ up
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MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to climb on Friday, taking their cue from a rally on Wall Street and rebounds in oil and metals prices on hints of more monetary stimulus in Europe, which also helped to push up New Zealand stocks. Australian share price index futures rose 0.5 percent to 4,851, pointing to a firmer start in the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index. The benchmark rose 0.5 percent on Thursday. New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.2 percent, or 11 p