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Malaysian Finance Calendar: 28 September – 4 October 2026

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Wednesday closes out September for savers: thirteen fixed deposit promotions expire the same night the new petrol price is announced. Bursa's busiest days are Tuesday and Thursday, when 20 of the week's 25 ex-dividend stocks fall, led by Tenaga Nasional. Friday brings the last big US jobs report before the Fed's next meeting.

13
FD promos expire Wednesday
from 3.60% up to HSBC Premier's 4.28%
25
Bursa stocks go ex-dividend
Tenaga Nasional leads at 25 sen, Tuesday
Fri, 8.30pm
US September jobs report
last big print before the Fed's 27–28 Oct meeting

The week at a glance

Monday 28 September – Friday 2 October 2026 (all times MYT)Malaysia dataGlobalYour walletBursaMON 28Trade & PPIdata, Aug 20263 stocksgo ex-dividendTUE 2910 stocksex-div, led by TenagaUS JOLTSjob openings, AugWED 30THE BIG ONE13 FD promosexpire tonightPetrol priceannounced tonight1 stockgoes ex-dividendTHU 1New pumpprices from 12.01am10 stocksex-div, led by YTLFRI 2US jobs report8.30pm MYT1 stockgoes ex-dividendSaturday and Sunday: nothing scheduled.
Wednesday stacks the FD deadline with the petrol announcement. Tuesday and Thursday each carry ten ex-dividend stocks.
  • Wednesday carries the week's deadline. Thirteen FD promotions expire the same night petrol is announced.
  • The Fed and Bank Negara both sit out. The Fed meets 27–28 Oct, Bank Negara 5 Nov — not this week.
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Bursa: 25 stocks go ex-dividend this week

Going ex-dividend this week (sen per share)Tue 29Tenaga Nasional25.0Mon 28Naim Holdings20.4Tue 29IJM Corporation10.0Thu 1YTL Corporation6.0Tue 29IHH Healthcare5.5Tue 29Sarawak Oil Palms5.0Thu 1YTL Power Intl4.0Own it the day before. Buy on the ex-date and the seller keeps the dividend.25 Bursa stocks go ex-dividend this week — this table shows the seven biggest payouts, not all of them.
Tenaga Nasional and Naim Holdings lead the week's payouts. The seven biggest span Monday to Thursday.
  • Own it before the ex-date. Buy on the ex-date itself and the seller keeps the dividend.
  • Tenaga and Naim lead the week. Tenaga Nasional's 25 sen and Naim Holdings' 20.4 sen are the two biggest payouts.
13 FD promotions expire Wednesday. Standard Chartered, HSBC, CIMB, Public Bank, RHB, OCBC, Al Rajhi, Alliance, AmBank, Hong Leong and UOB all close their current cycles on 30 September — rates span 3.60% up to HSBC Premier's 4.28%, with Al Rajhi's 3.80% TD-i Advantage open to any customer, no wealth tier needed. Compare today's FD rates before these cycles roll into October.

What to watch

  • Wed 3013 FD promotions expire, and the new petrol price is announced for Thursday.
  • Thu 1 OctNew pump prices take effect from 12.01am; 10 more stocks go ex-dividend, led by YTL.
  • Fri 2 OctUS September jobs report, 8.30pm MYT — the last big print before the Fed's late-October meeting.
Not financial advice. General information as at 27 September 2026. Every date was verified against the publisher's own calendar or raw data — DOSM's own upcoming-releases page, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' own release schedule, the Federal Reserve's own FOMC calendar, Bank Negara's own MPC schedule, KLSE Screener's raw dividend table, and this site's own FD and petrol registries. 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. See also last week's calendar.

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