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Malaysian Finance Calendar: 17–23 August 2026

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Two things this week actually touch a Malaysian wallet, and they land on the same day: Wednesday’s petrol price and the deadline on Hong Leong’s 3.60% FD promo. Thursday brings July’s trade numbers. Everything else is a dividend or a data release.

Wed 19
Petrol price + FD deadline
last day for HLB’s 3.60% eFD
Thu 20, noon
July trade data
exports vs imports
8
Bursa stocks go ex-dividend
spread over four straight days

The week at a glance

Monday 17 – Friday 21 August 2026 (all times MYT)Malaysia dataYour walletBursaMON 17July CPIreleasedTUE 183 stocksgo ex-dividendWED 19THE BIG ONEPetrol priceset for the weekLast day forHLB's 3.60% eFDTHU 20New pumpprices startJuly tradedata, noonFRI 214 more stocksgo ex-dividendSaturday and Sunday: nothing scheduled.
Wednesday carries two separate wallet events — the petrol price and a fixed deposit deadline. The new pump price only takes effect Thursday.
  • Wednesday is also a deadline. Hong Leong’s 6-month eFD tier stops accepting new placements after Wednesday.
  • Most drivers won’t feel Thursday. BUDI95 stays RM1.99 — only the unsubsidised grades move with the float.
An illuminated Shell petrol station sign at night
Wednesday sets the price; the new figures take effect from 12.01am Thursday. · Photo: Unsplash

Bursa: four straight ex-dividend days

Going ex-dividend this week (sen per share)Tue 18Bursa Malaysia16.50Tue 18Zetrix AI2.89Tue 18CapitaLand Malaysia Trust2.65Wed 19Powerwell Holdings1.00Thu 20Favelle Favco9.00Thu 20Muhibbah Engineering3.50Fri 21Frontken Corporation2.00Fri 21KIP REIT0.82Own 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.
Tuesday to Friday, eight counters go ex — led by Bursa Malaysia’s own 16.5 sen interim payout.
  • Bursa Malaysia tops its own week. The exchange operator’s own interim is the week’s single largest payout.
  • Own it the day before. Buy on the ex-date itself and the seller — not you — keeps the dividend.
Deposit rates are anchored — but one promo isn’t waiting. Bank Negara’s next MPC decision isn’t until 3 September, so ordinary FD board rates hold steady this week. But Hong Leong’s 3.60% eFD is a live promo, not a board rate, and it closes Wednesday. Read the full terms or compare today’s FD rates before it lapses.

What to watch

  • Mon 17July CPI. Malaysia’s monthly cost-of-living reading, from DOSM.
  • Wed 19Petrol price + FD deadline. New pump prices are set; Hong Leong’s 3.60% eFD promo closes.
  • Thu 20, noonJuly external trade. Exports versus imports for the month, from DOSM.
Not financial advice. General information as at 16 August 2026. Every date was verified against the publisher’s own calendar — DOSM, Bank Negara Malaysia, KLSE Screener and paultan.org’s fuel price tracker. Schedules can change without notice, so check the source before acting on a date. Rates.my holds no CMSA licence, issues no price targets, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.

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