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Markets Live: Earnings flood can't budge ASX

Another big day in earnings season kicked off with a dividend surprise by Qantas.

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Wesfarmers and Blackmores are sold off, while Qantas soars following earnings reports, as the overall market edges higher.

Low volatility leaves investors exposed to shocks

The VIX, a gauge of market fear, is sitting at record lows.

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Low volatility means markets are particularly vulnerable to sharp shocks, such as Britain's vote two months ago to leave the EU.

ASX slips as investors take profits

A weak lead from Wall Street set the tone for the index, which ended 0.4 per cent lower.

The ASX ended weaker as investors took profits ahead of Fed Reserve chair Janet Yellen's speech.

Markets Live: Calm before the storm?

What we learned from reporting season today

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Woolworths shares soar despite an earnings shocker, while the broader market falls as investors turn cautious ahead of a Janet Yellen speech.

Origin, AGL to win from high energy prices, says Moody's

Power stations like Loy Yang could benefit from the low penetration of renewables in Victoria.

Rising wind power and gas exports from Queensland will work to keep both electricity and gas prices high, Moody's Investors Service has warned, with the big energy utilities Origin Energy and AGL likely to benefit with power prices to remain volatile.

Investors pull $US25b from hedge funds

The 10 funds with the highest redemptions in July lost an average of 4.1 per cent in the first seven months of this year.

For hedge funds, the news is getting worse.

8@eight: Earnings bonanza

A flood of earnings are out this morning, as well as jobs data.

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Local sharemarket are set to open flat amid a results deluge from the likes of Woolworths, Nine, Flight Centre and South32.

The Truman Show and why Clinton will win

Libby Cantrill: 'The person who is leading the election cycle at this point has gone on to win the White House.'

You need to go back to 1948 and Harry S. to find a presidential race where the lead changed later than this, says bond fund Pimco's head of policy.

Market Indices

Updated: August 25, 2016 - 2:38PM

Updated: August 25, 2016 - 5:26PM

Updated: August 26, 2016 - 12:04AM

Updated: August 26, 2016 - 12:00AM

Advances

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168.00

Percentage up/down

35.44% rise
Declines

Price

249.00

Percentage up/down

52.53% fall
Unchanged

Price

57.00

Percentage up/down

12.03% steady

Last updated: Aug 25, 2016 - 4:50PM

Markets Live: Earnings flood can't budge ASX

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Wesfarmers and Blackmores are sold off, while Qantas soars following earnings reports, as the overall market edges higher.

Three-month implied volatility in the real was the second-highest among major currencies, rising to 16.5 per cent ...

Brazil real advance could prove temporary

Brazil's real gained after passage of a budget bill that was seen as a victory for the government.

With earnings season now all but complete, stocks have barely budged in the past two weeks.

Quants lose grip in value shift

Equity managers who rely on automated processes are having a rough third quarter.

Yellen's speech on the Fed's monetary-policy toolkit in two days is widely expected to give clues on the path of US ...

Kiwi among most vulnerable to Yellen shock

Goldman Sachs sees the pound, the yen and the kiwi as most vulnerable to a potential Fed surprise.

"They'll probably wait until, let's say the yen reaches 90, before taking action."

Helicopter money seen in Japan soon

The Fed is reluctant to lift US interest rates. The yen strengthens. Haruhiko Kuroda decides to act.

Brazil real advance could prove temporary

Brazil's real gained after passage of a budget bill that was seen as a victory for the government.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7611	0.7609	-0.0003fall	-0.04% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6749	0.6746	-0.0011fall	-0.16% fall
Updated: August 25, 2016 - 11:49PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.57

Change in: 0.1820rise
Percentage up/down: (1.47%) rise

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	5,391,906,258	2,325,085,916	1,156,438
Industrial	4,308,091,732	930,632,424	948,157
Mining	1,005,351,985	1,393,465,690	198,280

Last updated: August 25, 2016 - 3:55PM

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. U.S. stocks ...

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
GCN	GOCONNECT LIMITED	0.011rise	0.007	0.011
EOL	ENERGY ONE LIMITED	0.400rise	0.330	0.300
INV	INVESTSMART GROUP	0.360rise	0.300	0.360
PME	PRO MEDICUS LIMITED	6.600rise	5.990	5.720
MAI	MAINSTREAMBPO LTD	0.750rise	0.690	0.670
CGM	COUGAR METALS NL	0.017rise	0.016	0.008
LMW	LANDMARK WHITE LTD	0.750rise	0.710	0.570
MNF	MNF GROUP LTD	4.400rise	4.180	4.130
TOP	THORNEY OPP LTD	0.650rise	0.625	0.625
SWK	SWICK MINING	0.295rise	0.285	0.190
Updated: August 25, 2016 - 4:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
GBX	GB ENERGY LIMITED	0.003fall	0.004	0.003
MRV	MORETON RESOURCES	0.003fall	0.004	0.003
WKT	WALKABOUT RESOURCES	0.003fall	0.004	0.005
POW	PROTEAN WAVE LTD	0.010fall	0.012	0.012
PNW	PACIFIC STAR NETWORK	0.180fall	0.210	0.180
DGX	DIPLOMA GROUP LTD	0.006fall	0.007	0.008
NOR	NORWOOD SYSTEMS LTD.	0.019fall	0.022	0.021
NCL	NETCCENTRIC LTD	0.070fall	0.080	0.070
DTX	DATETIX GROUP LTD	0.300fall	0.330	0.350
AVD	ANTILLES OIL AND GAS	0.017fall	0.018	0.017
Updated: August 25, 2016 - 3:30PM

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AGL AGL ENERGY LIMITED.

AMC AMCOR LIMITED

AMP AMP LIMITED

ANZ AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

APA APA GROUP

ASX ASX LIMITED

AZJ AURIZON HOLDINGS LIMITED

BHP BHP BILLITON LIMITED

BXB BRAMBLES LIMITED

CBA COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

CCL COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED

CPU COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED.

CSL CSL LIMITED

CTX CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED

DXS DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP

GMG GOODMAN GROUP

GPT GPT GROUP

IAG INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED

IPL INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED

JHX JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC

LLC LENDLEASE GROUP

MGR MIRVAC GROUP

MPL MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED

MQG MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED

NAB NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

NCM NEWCREST MINING LIMITED

ORG ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

ORI ORICA LIMITED

OSH OIL SEARCH LIMITED

QAN QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED

QBE QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED

RHC RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED

RIO RIO TINTO LIMITED

S32 SOUTH32 LIMITED

SCG SCENTRE GROUP

SEK SEEK LIMITED

SGP STOCKLAND

SHL SONIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED

STO SANTOS LIMITED

SUN SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED

SYD SYDNEY AIRPORT

TCL TRANSURBAN GROUP

TLS TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

TWE TREASURY WINE ESTATES LIMITED

VCX VICINITY CENTRES

WBC WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

WES WESFARMERS LIMITED

WFD WESTFIELD CORPORATION

WOW WOOLWORTHS LIMITED

WPL WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED

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