Australia shares seen higher on Wall Street, Australian dollar
January 29, 2015 at 17:35 PM EST
SYDNEY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open higher on Friday led by a late rally on Wall Street boosted by an 9 percent rise in Amazon's stock. The declining Australian dollar is likely to be a windfall for mining profits. Crown Resorts shares may be impacted after the Sri Lankan government blocked a $400-million casino resort. The local share price index futures rose 53 points or 1 percent to 5,559, a 10.5-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index clos