► Economic Update – ASEAN Weekly Wrap - Will Asean economies sustain their GDP growth in 2017?

Today’s Highlights

►    Economic Update – ASEAN Weekly Wrap - Will Asean economies sustain their GDP growth in 2017?

►    Results Note – Genting M’sia (BUY, maintain) - Ending the year with a bang

►    Results Note – Genting Berhad (BUY, maintain) - All cylinder firing

►    Results Note – Maybank (HOLD, maintain) - Steady income and one-offs boosted 4Q1

►    Results Note – IJM Plant (BUY, maintain) - A good quarter as expected

►    Other results – IHH, Petronas Gas, Petra Energy, Kossan, AirAsia, Aemulus Holdings Bhd, Media Prima, Jaya Tiasa, Maybank Berhad, YTL, YTL Power, YTL Reit, SP Setia, Sunway Construction, Unisem, Axiata, Globetronics, Inari

Outside Malaysia            

►    Dow Industrials see 10 straight records, longest since 1987

►    Fed’s Kaplan says FOMC should keep options open for March hike

►    Claims for jobless benefits in US point to firm job market

►    German domestic demand bolstered growth in final quarter

►    ECB rate hike in 2019 not an absurd expectation, Weidmann says

►    UK faces €60bn Brexit bill, Austrian Chancellor says

►    Brazil posts bigger than expected central government surplus

►    WTI rises to 19-month high as US supply gain trails forecast