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Malaysian Finance Calendar: 10–16 August 2026

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Three things this week actually touch a Malaysian wallet: Wednesday’s petrol price, Wednesday night’s US inflation number, and Friday’s Q2 GDP. Everything else is noise or next week.

Wed 12
The pivot day
petrol float + US CPI, 8.30pm
Fri, noon
Malaysia Q2 GDP
advance estimate was +5.8%
6
Bursa stocks go ex-dividend Thursday
own them by Wednesday

The week at a glance

Monday 10 – Friday 14 August 2026 (all times MYT)Malaysia dataGlobalYour walletBursaMON 10Nothing onBursaTUE 11Jobs + factorydataZhulian ex-div10 sen specialWED 12THE BIG ONEPetrol pricesset for the weekUS inflation8.30pmTHU 136 stocksgo ex-dividendNew pumpprices startFRI 14Q2 GDPnoonSaturday and Sunday: nothing scheduled.
Monday is empty and the weekend is empty. Wednesday carries four separate events, and everything that lands on your wallet happens between Wednesday and Friday.
  • Wednesday sets your petrol price. New RON95, RON97 and diesel prices start 12.01am Thursday.
  • Most drivers will not feel it. BUDI95 stays RM1.99 — only the unsubsidised grades move.
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Every date here was checked against the publisher's own release calendar, not a pattern. · Photo: Unsplash

Bursa: four straight ex-dividend days

Going ex-dividend this week (sen per share)Tue 11Zhulian10.00Wed 12YTL Hospitality REIT4.91Wed 12Axis REIT2.30Thu 13Westports14.98Thu 13Chin Teck Plantations12.00Thu 13AME REIT2.15Fri 14HCK Capital1.50Own it the day before. Buy on the ex-date itself and the seller keeps the dividend.Prices normally drop by roughly the dividend on the ex-date — that fall is not the market selling off.
Nothing on Monday, then a run from Tuesday to Friday. Thursday alone has six counters going ex, led by Westports at 14.98 sen.
  • Thursday’s drop is mostly dividends. Six counters go ex at once — part of that fall is not selling.
  • Westports comes with a choice. Its 14.98 sen has a reinvestment option — read the notice instead of ignoring it.
Deposit rates are anchored — and you have time. Bank Negara held the OPR at 2.75% in July and meets next on 3 September, so FD board rates stay put for now. The current promo cluster runs until 31 August, which gives you three weeks to shop. Compare today’s FD rates before the Merdeka campaigns lapse.

What to watch

  • Wed 8.30pmUS inflation for July. It moves gold and the ringgit overnight — June came in at 3.5%.
  • Thu ~5amMSCI’s index review. Additions and deletions force passive funds to buy or sell Malaysian counters.
  • Fri noonQ2 GDP. The advance estimate was +5.8%; this is the full number.
Not financial advice. General information as at 9 August 2026. Every date was verified against the publisher’s own calendar — DOSM, US BLS, EIA, IEA, MSCI and Bursa entitlement filings. Schedules can change without notice, so check the source before acting on a date. Consensus figures belong to the houses that published them. Rates.my holds no CMSA licence, issues no price targets, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.

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