SYDNEY, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to start lower on Wednesday as China's shock currency devaluation added to worries about global growth and dented risk sentiment.
Australia's share price index futures eased 0.5 percent to 5,378, a 95.2-point discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX200 index on Tuesday. The benchmark dropped 0.7 percent in the previous session.
A raft of earnings are due to be released, including from Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX , AGL AGL.AX , CSL CSL.AX , News Corp NWSA.O , Computershare CPU.AX and Dexus Property Group DXS.AX .
New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index .NZ50 slipped 0.4 percent in early trade.