FOREIGN investors posted a net inflow of RM33.2 mil on Bursa Malaysia during the Awal Muharam-shortened June 23-26 trading week to reverse a five-week selling streak which ended with net selling amounted to -RM565.2 mil the previous week.
Their trading activity was mixed throughout the week with net buying recorded on Tuesday (Jine 24) and Thursday (June 26) while Monday (June 23) and Wednesday (June 25) saw net outflows, according to MIDF Research.
“Inflows ranged from RM5.0 mil to RM144.1 mil whereas outflows were between -RM50.7 mil and -RM65.2 mil,” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign inflows were utilities (RM102.6 mil), transportation & logistics (RM45.9 mil) and industrial products & services (RM22.9 mil).
Reversely, the top three sectors that posted the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM109.9 mil), property (-RM35.9 mil) and telco & media (-RM28.0 mil).
Local institutions also continued with their purchasing activities to extend their buying streak to a sixth week with net inflow amounting to RM142.8 mil which was considerably smaller than the previous week’s inflow of RM510.6 mil.
However, local retailers returned to becoming net sellers last week by offloading -RM176.0 mil to snap their one-week inflow streak.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) recorded a broad-based increase last week except for foreign investors. Local retailers and local institutions saw an increase of +12.7% and +9.7% respectively while foreign investors encountered a decline of -17.0%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, only Thailand posted a net inflow of US$105.5 mil from foreign investors to reverse the previous week’s outflow.
The Philippines registered net outflow of -US$19.7 mil to stretch its foreign selling streak to three weeks while Indonesia posted a modest outflow of -US$.8 mil to extend its net selling trend to two weeks.
Elsewhere, Vietnam recorded a marginal outflow of -US$1.7 mil for a second successive week of net outflows.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Malayan Banking Bhd (RM154.1 mil), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (RM130.7 mil) and Eco-Shop Marketing Bhd (RM45.5 mil), – June 30, 2025
