► Sector Update – Rubber Products (NEUTRAL, maintain) - Better year ahead

Today’s Highlights

►    Sector Update – Rubber Products (NEUTRAL, maintain) - Better year ahead

►    Economy – ASEAN Weekly Wrap - Singapore strong GDP growth in 4Q16 to be short-lived

Outside Malaysia            

►    US equities slip after employment data as bank shares decline

►    ADP says companies in US added 153,000 employees in December

►    US service industries expand at faster pace than forecast

►    Jobless claims in US fall to eight-week low amid holidays

►    Euro area factory-gate inflation returns after more than 3 years

►    UK economy maintains solid growth momentum as services surge

►    Taiwan’s wholesale prices increase for first time in two years

►    Oil rises as Saudi Arabia said to comply with OPEC output cuts