Thailand's National Planning Agency predicts that Thailand's GDP growth in 2026 will be 1.5%-2.5%, higher than the 1.2%-2.2% forecast in November.

1. Important News: 1. Hang Seng Indexes Company: The number of constituent stocks in the Hang Seng Index will increase from 88 to 90; CATL (03750.HK), Luoyang Molybdenum (03993.HK), and Laopu Gold (06181.HK) will be newly added, while Zhongsheng Holdings (00881.HK) will be removed. 2. Individual Stock News: 1. Anta Sports (02020.HK): The acquisition of PUMA's equity has been approved by shareholders. 2. R&F Properties (02777.HK): Total sales revenue in January was approximately RMB 720 million, a year-on-year decrease of 8.05%. 3. Agile Group (01813.HK): Pre-sales in January were RMB 325 million, a year-on-year decrease of 35.3%. 4. Meituan (03690.HK): Preliminary estimates for a net loss in 2025 are RMB 23.3 billion to RMB 24.3 billion. 5. Shanghai Fudan (01385.HK) announced its 2025 results: net profit attributable to shareholders was approximately RMB 232 million, a year-on-year decrease of 59.42%. 6. Hopson Development Holdings (00754.HK): Total contracted sales in January amounted to approximately RMB 591 million, a year-on-year increase of 24.95%. 7. IDT INT'L (00167.HK) plans to place 86.6664 million placement shares at a discount of approximately 19.66%, raising net proceeds of approximately HKD 161 million. 8. Sands China Ltd. (01928.HK) announced its 2025 results: net profit was US$896 million, a year-on-year decrease of 14.3%. 9. SF Holding (06936.HK): Total revenue from express delivery, supply chain, and international businesses in January was RMB 26.86 billion, a year-on-year increase of 2.22%. 10. R&F Properties (02777.HK): The Group's total sales revenue for January 2026 was approximately RMB 720 million, with a sales area of approximately 65,100 square meters. 11. BOSS Zhipin (02076.HK): The trustee will purchase a total of 341,100 Class A ordinary shares under the share scheme following the initial public offering. 12. China Silver Group (00815.HK) plans to issue a total of 910 million subscription shares at a discount of approximately 17.74%, raising net proceeds of approximately HKD 463 million.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index opened 22.10 points higher, or 0.25%, at 8939.7 on Monday, February 16.