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ASX Live Coverage – 27 August 2025
Greetings and welcome to our live coverage of the ASX for Wednesday, 27 August 2025. We’re trialling a new blog format that promises to deliver high-volume posts before the market opens, with periodic updates throughout the trading day. The blog will conclude around 2:00 PM AEST, so don’t forget to refresh the page for the latest insights — and please share your feedback on how we can improve!
Hedge Funds and VIX Short Selling
[8:20 AM] Hedge funds are currently shorting the VIX at levels not observed since September 2022, signalling a strong confidence or complacency in the market. Historically, such extreme short volatility positions have often foreshadowed spikes in market instability and declines in stock prices, as seen in earlier incidents in February 2025 and July 2024.
The current VIX stands below 15, approximately 24% lower than its one-year average, aided by recent gains in US stocks and supportive remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Powell regarding a possible rate cut in September.
Source: Bloomberg
Earnings Season Heats Up
[8:16 AM] Today marks a significant day for FY25 earnings reports, with several notable companies set to announce their results:
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Larger Cap Earnings:
- Domino’s (DMP)
- Flight Centre (FLT)
- GenusPlus (GNP)
- Karoon Energy (KAR)
- Lovisa (LOV)
- Mesoblast (MSB)
- Mineral Resources (MIN)
- NextDC (NXT)
- Nine Entertainment (NEC)
- Siteminder (SDR)
- Tabcorp (TAH)
- Westgold (WGX)
- Wisetech (WTC)
- Woolworths (WOW)
- Worley (WOR)
- Small-to-Mid Cap Earnings:
- Adairs (ADH)
- Attura (ATA)
- Australian Finance Group (AFG)
- Cash Converters (CCV)
- Dimerix (DXB)
- Duxton Water (D20)
- Duratec (DUR)
- EML Payments (EML)
- Fenix Resources (FEX)
- Fleetwood (FWD)
- Motorcycle Holdings (MTO)
- Paragon Care (PGC)
- Platinum Asset Management (PTM)
- RAM Essential Services (REP)
- Readytech (RDY)
- Weebit Nano (WBT)
Market Overview
[8:14 AM] The ASX 200 futures are up 47 points (+0.52%), indicating a promising recovery after three consecutive days of sluggish performance, during which the index fell by 0.93%. Today will be bustling with earnings announcements, and we’ll strive to cover all the critical results.
If you’re new to our blog, be sure to catch up with the latest insights in today’s Morning Wrap!
