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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Third Day of Lunar New Year 2027? HKEX Hours
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong Stock Exchange are closed on Monday\, February 8\, 2027 for Third Day of Lunar New Year. \n\nNext holiday\nFourth Day of Lunar New Year\, February 9\, 2027\nRegular hours\n9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm HKT\n\nFull schedule and background: HKEX Holidays. \nUpdated October 19\, 2026 \n\n← Previous HKEX Holidays\nThe Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is closed on Monday\, February 8\, 2027 for the Third Day of Lunar New Year. Equities\, derivatives and the Stock Connect links to mainland China all remain shut for the full session. Any orders entered on the holiday will simply queue and be released for matching when trading resumes. Settlement of trades executed on the last working day before the holiday will also be pushed back by the number of non-trading days in between. For the full run of 2027 closures\, see the HKEX holiday calendar. \nWhich markets are closed on Third Day of Lunar New Year 2027?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nHKEX equities (Main Board and GEM)\nClosed\nNo morning or afternoon session\n\n\nHKEX derivatives (futures and options)\nClosed\nNo day or after-hours trading session\n\n\nStock Connect (Shanghai/Shenzhen links)\nClosed\nMainland China markets are also closed for Lunar New Year\n\n\nNew York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq\nOpen (regular hours)\nUS markets do not observe Lunar New Year\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange\nOpen (regular hours)\nNo UK holiday on this date\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNo eurozone holiday on this date\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange\nOpen (regular hours)\nJapan does not observe Lunar New Year as a market holiday\n\n\n\nIs the market open the day before and after?\nHKEX is closed for the full run of Lunar New Year\, which in 2027 covers Saturday February 6 (the public holiday itself\, falling on a non-trading day)\, Sunday February 7\, and the substitute Third Day holiday on Monday February 8. The last trading day before the closure is Friday February 5\, 2027\, with normal hours of 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Hong Kong time. Trading resumes on Tuesday\, February 9\, 2027\, which is itself the Fourth Day of Lunar New Year and also a scheduled market holiday\, so the next actual trading session falls after that. There is no early close attached to this particular holiday; early closes at HKEX are reserved for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. \nWhy do markets close for Lunar New Year?\nLunar New Year\, also called the Spring Festival\, is the most important holiday period in Chinese culture and is marked by public holidays across mainland China\, Hong Kong\, Macau\, Taiwan and much of East and Southeast Asia. Hong Kong observes three consecutive statutory holidays covering the first three days of the lunar calendar\, during which banks\, government offices and most businesses close so families can gather\, exchange red packets and visit relatives. \nBecause HKEX is tightly linked to mainland Chinese markets through Stock Connect\, it has always aligned its Lunar New Year closures with those observed in Shanghai and Shenzhen\, so that cross-border settlement and clearing systems do not fall out of step. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you hold Hong Kong-listed shares or exchange-traded funds through an international broker\, any buy or sell order placed on February 8\, 2027 will simply sit unexecuted until trading reopens. Settlement of trades done just before the holiday will take longer than usual to clear\, since Hong Kong typically settles on a T+2 basis and non-trading days are excluded from that count. Dividend payment dates and options expiries that would normally fall on the holiday are shifted to the next business day. Bank branches and interbank payment systems in Hong Kong are also closed\, so same-day transfers initiated locally will not process until the following working day. Cryptocurrency markets are unaffected\, since they trade continuously around the clock regardless of exchange holidays. \nRemaining HKEX holidays in 2027\n\nFourth Day of Lunar New Year: February 9\, 2027\nGood Friday: March 26\, 2027\nEaster Monday: March 29\, 2027\nChing Ming Festival: April 5\, 2027\nBuddha’s Birthday: May 13\, 2027\nTuen Ng Festival: June 9\, 2027\nHKSAR Establishment Day: July 1\, 2027\nDay Following Mid-Autumn Festival: September 16\, 2027\nNational Day: October 1\, 2027\nChung Yeung Festival: October 8\, 2027\nChristmas Eve (half-day trading\, close at 12:00 pm): December 24\, 2027\nFirst Weekday After Christmas Day: December 27\, 2027\nNew Year’s Eve (half-day trading\, close at 12:00 pm): December 31\, 2027\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on February 8\, 2027 in Hong Kong?\nNo. HKEX is closed for the Third Day of Lunar New Year\, with no morning or afternoon trading session. \nIs the bond market open on this day?\nHong Kong’s debt securities market follows the same exchange calendar\, so bond trading and settlement through HKEX-linked systems are also suspended on February 8\, 2027. \nWhat time does HKEX normally close?\nOn a regular trading day\, HKEX runs from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Hong Kong time\, split into a morning and an afternoon session. \nWhen is the next HKEX market holiday after this one?\nThe very next closure is the Fourth Day of Lunar New Year on February 9\, 2027\, immediately following the Third Day holiday. \nAre banks open in Hong Kong on February 8\, 2027?\nNo. Banks and most government offices in Hong Kong are closed for the statutory Lunar New Year holiday period\, including this date. \n← Previous HKEX Holidays
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/hkex-third-day-of-lunar-new-year-2027/
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SUMMARY:Coca-Cola (KO) Earnings Q1 2027
DESCRIPTION:Next KO Quarterly Earnings: Monday\, February 8\, 2027 at 4:05 pm ET (9:05 pm London). \nDate to be confirmed by the publisher; this is the scheduled date. \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\nQ2 2026: comparable EPS $0.97 (beat $0.93 consensus)\, revenue $13.37bn\nActual\nPending\n\nUpdated October 19\, 2026 \n\nCoca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is scheduled to report its next quarterly results on Monday\, February 8\, 2027\, at 4:05 pm ET (9:05 pm London). The release is issued by The Coca-Cola Company and published through its own investor relations channel and a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Based on the company’s usual reporting calendar\, this release is expected to cover the fourth quarter and full year 2026\, though Coca-Cola has not yet confirmed the exact date\, so the schedule shown here is an estimate rather than a locked-in diary entry. Full schedule and background on the series: Coca-Cola KO earnings dates. \nCoca-Cola is one of the most widely held consumer staples stocks in the world\, sitting inside countless pension funds\, index trackers and dividend portfolios\, so its quarterly numbers matter well beyond the beverage aisle. A beat or miss can move not just the share price but sentiment across the wider consumer goods sector\, and the result is watched closely by investors in the US\, Europe and Asia who hold Coca-Cola through global equity funds. \nWhat is the Coca-Cola quarterly earnings report?\nEach quarter\, Coca-Cola publishes a results statement detailing net revenues\, operating income\, earnings per share (EPS\, the portion of profit allocated to each outstanding share) and both reported and “comparable” (adjusted\, non-GAAP) figures. The company also updates its full-year financial outlook\, covering expected revenue growth\, currency effects and margins. Management\, typically chief executive Henrique Braun and the chief financial officer\, hosts a conference call with analysts shortly after the figures are released to discuss performance by region and by brand\, including Coca-Cola\, Sprite\, Fanta\, Costa Coffee and fairlife. \nAnalysts and investors pay close attention to unit case volume (the physical amount of product sold)\, organic revenue growth (which strips out currency and acquisition effects) and commentary on pricing power\, since Coca-Cola has leaned on price increases in recent years to offset higher input costs for sugar\, aluminium and packaging. \nWhen is the Coca-Cola earnings report and how to follow it\nThe announcement is expected before noon in Atlanta\, with the release typically followed by a live webcast of the earnings call\, usually within an hour or two of the figures going out. Coca-Cola makes both the press release and the call accessible through its official investor relations site. As this date has not been formally confirmed by the company\, readers should treat February 8\, 2027 as the publisher’s best estimate\, based on Coca-Cola’s pattern of reporting full-year results in early-to-mid February. Investors who want the first word on the day typically watch the SEC’s EDGAR system for the 8-K filing\, which usually appears at the same time as the press release. \nWhat to expect\nA consensus forecast for this specific quarter has not yet been published\, since analyst estimates for periods this far ahead tend to firm up only in the weeks before the release. For context\, analysts surveyed by Yahoo Finance had\, as of the most recent data available\, pencilled in average EPS of around $0.60 and revenue of roughly $11.1 billion for Coca-Cola’s fourth quarter of 2026\, though these figures are subject to revision as the date approaches and should not be treated as fixed. \nInvestors will be watching several specific threads: whether volume growth in North America has stabilised after a soft patch in 2025\, how much of Coca-Cola’s revenue growth is coming from price increases versus genuine volume gains\, and what guidance management gives for 2027 given ongoing currency headwinds and input cost pressure. Commentary on the integration of fairlife and on performance in Europe\, the Middle East and Africa\, a region that posted strong organic growth in late 2025\, will also be scrutinised. \n\n\n\nQuarter\nRevenue\nEPS (reported)\nvs estimate\n\n\n\n\nQ4 2025 (reported February 10\, 2026)\n$11.82 billion\n$0.53 ($0.58 comparable)\nComparable EPS beat by $0.02; revenue below the roughly $12.04 billion analysts had expected\n\n\nQ1 2026 (reported April 28\, 2026)\n$12.47 billion\n$0.91 ($0.86 comparable)\nComparable EPS beat by $0.05; revenue above the roughly $12.24 billion estimate\n\n\nQ2 2026 (reported July 28\, 2026)\n$13.37 billion\n$1.03 ($0.97 comparable)\nComparable EPS beat by $0.04; revenue above the roughly $13.17 billion estimate\n\n\nQ3 2026 (due October 27\, 2026)\nConsensus estimate approximately $12.93 billion\nConsensus estimate approximately $0.88\nNot yet reported at the time of writing\n\n\n\nFigures sourced from Coca-Cola’s SEC filings and investor relations releases\, with analyst estimates attributed to Yahoo Finance and MarketBeat polling. \nWhat the outcome could mean\n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nPlain-English meaning\n\n\n\n\nBeat on both revenue and EPS\nShares likely rise\, seen as evidence pricing and volume strategy is working\nCoca-Cola sold more drinks\, or sold them at better margins\, than analysts expected\n\n\nIn line with estimates\nMuted share reaction\, attention shifts to the 2027 guidance given on the call\nResults matched expectations\, so the story becomes what management says about the year ahead\n\n\nMiss\, particularly on volume or margin\nShares likely fall\, questions raised about consumer demand and cost pressures\nEither people are buying less\, or Coca-Cola is paying more to make and ship its drinks than expected\n\n\n\nWhat It Means for Your Money\nCoca-Cola is a core holding in many global equity funds\, dividend income funds and workplace pension default funds\, so a sharp move in its share price has a small but real effect on pension pots that hold such funds\, even for people who have never bought an individual share. Coca-Cola is also one of the longest-running dividend-paying stocks in the US market\, so income-focused investors watch free cash flow commentary closely\, since that cash flow ultimately funds the dividend. A weak report that signals softer consumer spending can also be read as an early warning sign for the broader consumer staples sector\, feeding into how fund managers position portfolios. For everyday shoppers\, pricing commentary from Coca-Cola can hint at whether branded grocery prices are likely to keep rising or start to ease\, a modest but real signal for household budgets in the US\, UK and Europe. Currency effects discussed on the call\, particularly a strong dollar or weak euro\, can also affect how much profit multinational companies like Coca-Cola bring home\, which in turn affects corporate tax receipts and investment decisions. \nRelated events\n\nPepsiCo quarterly earnings\, typically released around the same window as Coca-Cola’s results\nUS Consumer Price Index release\, relevant to input cost and pricing power discussions on the earnings call\nFederal Reserve interest rate decisions\, which affect the dollar and therefore Coca-Cola’s reported overseas earnings\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time does Coca-Cola report earnings?\nThe release is expected at 4:05 pm ET\, which is 9:05 pm in London\, though Coca-Cola has not formally confirmed this date. \nIs the February 8\, 2027 date confirmed?\nNo. Coca-Cola typically announces its exact reporting date a few weeks in advance\, and this page will be updated once the company confirms it. \nWhat is Coca-Cola’s prior quarterly result?\nThe most recently confirmed result at the time of writing is the second quarter of 2026\, reported on July 28\, 2026\, with comparable EPS of $0.97 against a consensus estimate of around $0.93\, according to MarketBeat’s earnings tracker. \nHas a consensus forecast been published for this report?\nA consensus forecast specific to this quarter has not yet been published. Estimates typically firm up in the weeks before the release as analysts update their models. \nWhere can I watch the earnings call live?\nCoca-Cola streams its earnings call through its official investor relations website shortly after the press release is issued.
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/coca-cola-ko-earnings-q1-2027/
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SUMMARY:RBA Rate Decision February 2027
DESCRIPTION:Next RBA Rate Decision: Tuesday\, February 9\, 2027 at 2:30 pm AEDT (10:30 pm ET\, 3:30 am London). \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\n4.10% (held/adjusted since February 2025; December 2026 outcome to be confirmed on rba.gov.au)\nActual\nPending\n\nUpdated October 19\, 2026 \n\n← Previous RBA Rate Decision\nAustralia’s Reserve Bank publishes its next cash rate decision on Tuesday\, February 9\, 2027\, with the announcement due at 2:30 pm AEDT\, which is 10:30 pm ET on Monday\, February 8 in the United States and 3:30 am in London on February 9. The decision is made by the RBA’s Monetary Policy Board and is followed by a press conference with the Governor. This page covers the February 2027 meeting; the previous decision is covered on the RBA Rate Decision December 2026 page\, and the central schedule of meetings is published by the Reserve Bank of Australia itself. \nWhat is the RBA Monetary Policy Board and what does it decide?\nThe Reserve Bank of Australia is the country’s central bank. Since reforms recommended by the 2023 independent review of the RBA\, interest rate decisions are made by a dedicated Monetary Policy Board rather than the old single Reserve Bank Board\, which now focuses on governance and operations. The Monetary Policy Board sets the cash rate target\, the interest rate banks charge each other for overnight loans and the anchor for almost every other borrowing rate in the Australian economy\, from mortgages to business loans. \nThe Board’s mandate is to keep consumer price inflation within a 2 to 3% target band on average over time\, while also supporting full employment and the broader economic welfare of Australians. It is a dual mandate in practice\, similar in spirit to the US Federal Reserve’s\, though the inflation target is explicit and numerical. Membership includes the RBA Governor as chair\, the Deputy Governor\, the Secretary of the Treasury\, and six external members drawn from academia\, business and economics\, a structure designed to separate interest rate-setting from the Bank’s internal management. \nThe Board meets eight times a year\, roughly every six weeks\, with each meeting held over two days and the decision announced on the Tuesday afternoon. Every meeting since the 2025 reforms is followed by a press conference\, where the Governor explains the reasoning and takes questions from journalists\, a change from the older practice of holding press conferences only occasionally. \nWhen is the February 2027 RBA decision announced?\nThe decision is released at 2:30 pm Sydney time on February 9\, 2027\, alongside a short statement explaining the Board’s reasoning. Four times a year the decision is accompanied by the RBA’s Statement on Monetary Policy\, a detailed set of economic forecasts covering inflation\, growth\, unemployment and the Bank’s central outlook; readers should check whether February falls on one of those quarterly cycles\, as it typically coincides with the February meeting in most years. Minutes of the meeting are usually released around two weeks later. The Governor’s press conference follows shortly after the written statement\, and this is often where markets look for more detail on the Board’s tone and any hints about future meetings. \nWhat to expect\nAt the time this page was prepared\, the outcome of the Board’s December 2026 meeting\, and therefore the exact cash rate level entering the February 2027 decision\, had not yet been confirmed. Readers should check the RBA’s own board meetings page for the current cash rate target and the most recent statement before this meeting. As with any rate decision\, traders in Australian overnight indexed swaps and economists surveyed by Reuters and Bloomberg typically build up a probability-weighted view of the likely outcome in the days before the meeting\, based on recent inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics\, labour market figures and the tone of prior RBA commentary. A consensus forecast for this specific meeting has not yet been published this far in advance. \nThe table below shows a verified portion of the RBA’s recent rate history. Because this page was prepared well ahead of the meeting\, more recent entries from late 2025 and 2026 are not included here; the full and current record is always available on the RBA’s own website. \n\n\n\nMeeting\nDecision\nRate after meeting\n\n\n\n\nNovember 2023\nRaised 25bp\n4.35%\n\n\nDecember 2023\nHeld\n4.35%\n\n\nFebruary 2024\nHeld\n4.35%\n\n\nJune 2024\nHeld\n4.35%\n\n\nSeptember 2024\nHeld\n4.35%\n\n\nDecember 2024\nHeld\n4.35%\n\n\nFebruary 2025\nCut 25bp\n4.10%\n\n\n\nMarket impact scenarios\n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nWhat it means in plain English\n\n\n\n\nHold\nNeutral to mildly hawkish if guidance stays firm; the Australian dollar often holds steady or firms slightly\nThe RBA leaves borrowing costs unchanged because it judges inflation and jobs data are broadly on track\, so variable mortgage repayments do not move immediately\n\n\nCut\nTypically weakens the Australian dollar and lifts share prices\, as lower rates reduce returns on holding the currency and make borrowing cheaper for companies\nThe Board judges the economy needs support\, perhaps because inflation has cooled or unemployment has risen\, so banks are likely to pass through lower mortgage and savings rates\n\n\nHike\nUsually strengthens the Australian dollar and can pressure share prices\, particularly in rate-sensitive sectors like property and retail\nThe Board raises rates because inflation is proving stickier than expected\, meaning higher repayments for variable-rate mortgage holders but better returns for savers\n\n\n\nWhat will the statement and press conference signal?\nBeyond the headline decision\, markets focus closely on the wording of the RBA’s statement for any shift in forward guidance\, the Board’s language about the balance of risks between inflation and unemployment\, and whether it signals patience or urgency about future moves. Analysts also watch for any dissent noted in the minutes released roughly two weeks after the meeting\, since a closer vote can suggest the Board is genuinely split on the outlook. The press conference gives the Governor a chance to clarify points the written statement leaves open\, and journalists typically press on housing costs\, the labour market and how global developments\, including decisions by the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank\, factor into the Board’s thinking. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nFor Australian households\, the cash rate feeds almost directly into variable-rate mortgages\, so a cut tends to lower monthly repayments within weeks while a hike raises them; those on fixed rates are unaffected until their fixed term ends. Savers see the opposite pattern\, with online savings accounts and term deposits typically offering better returns when the cash rate is higher and worse returns when it falls. Credit card and personal loan rates tend to move more slowly but follow the same general direction over time. \nFor currency markets\, a cut generally makes the Australian dollar less attractive to international investors chasing yield\, which can push it lower against the US dollar\, the pound and the euro\, making imports and overseas holidays more expensive for Australians but helping exporters. A hike tends to work the other way. For pensions and investments\, lower rates can support share prices by making borrowing cheaper for companies and by pushing investors toward riskier assets in search of returns\, while higher rates can do the reverse\, particularly for property and growth-focused shares. For readers in the UK and eurozone\, Australian rate moves rarely shift domestic policy directly\, but they feed into the broader global picture that the Bank of England and European Central Bank weigh when assessing worldwide demand and commodity prices\, since Australia is a major exporter of iron ore\, coal and other raw materials. \nRelated events\n\nPrevious decision: RBA Rate Decision December 2026\nAustralian inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics is published in the weeks before each RBA meeting and heavily influences the Board’s decision\nAustralian labour force figures\, also from the Australian Bureau of Statistics\, are released monthly and are closely watched alongside inflation ahead of each meeting\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time is the RBA decision announced?\nThe decision is released at 2:30 pm AEDT on February 9\, 2027\, which is 10:30 pm ET the previous evening and 3:30 am in London. \nWill the RBA cut rates at this meeting?\nThat depends on inflation and labour market data available closer to the meeting; no outcome should be treated as certain until the Board announces its decision. \nWhat is the current RBA cash rate?\nThe rate in force ahead of this meeting is set at the December 2026 meeting; readers should check the RBA’s own board meetings page for the confirmed current level. \nWhen is the next RBA meeting after February 2027?\nThe RBA publishes its full year’s meeting schedule in advance on its board meetings page\, where the next date after February can be confirmed. \nWhere can I watch the press conference?\nThe RBA streams the Governor’s press conference live on its own website shortly after the written statement is released. \n← Previous RBA Rate Decision
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/rba-rate-decision-february-2027/
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