SIA is expected to announce strong third-quarter results on Feb 20.

The increase in the number of electric vehicles from 138 units in 2019 to over 28,000 electric vehicles and 3,557 hybrid vehicles in September 2023 is a clear indication of the growing interest in these vehicles among consumers.

BACK TO NORMAL A general view of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Building from the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. The PSE announced that trading will return to its regular hours starting next month after shortening its schedule previously due to the resurgence of Covid-19.

As sustainability becomes a big agenda of a net zero world, natural rubber is seen as the good boy in the rubber complex.

China stocks jumped on Monday on the back of Lunar New Year travel spending data as trade resumed after the holiday, while regional currencies held largely steady with a focus on policy rate decisions in Indonesia and South Korea this week.

Vietnam has retained a positive spot in the global economy in 2023 despite the number of businesses leaving the market and the lower-than-expected growth rate for the third consecutive year.

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Economic growth in 2023 was worse than expected and lower than the advance estimates. This paints quite a different picture from the rosy narrative of the main analyses and forecasts.