FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak in Bursa Malaysia to six consecutive weeks with a net outflow of -RM566.1 mil for the Aug 11-15 trading week, marking a 50.0% reduction from the previous week’s outflow of -RM1.14 bil.
They were net sellers on every trading session with outflows ranging from -RM94.0 mil to -RM167.4 mil, according to MBSB Research (previously MIDF Research).
“The largest outflow was recorded on Friday (Aug 15), followed by Thursday (Aug 14) with -RM103.5 mil, -RM101.5 mil (Tuesday, Aug 12) and -RM99.8 mil (Monday, Aug 11) while Wednesday (Aug 13) recorded the smallest outflow,” observed the research house.
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were plantation (RM77.7 mil), property (RM52.7 mil) and financial services (RM42.2 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were utilities (-RM209.5 mil), telecommunication & media (-RM185.5 mil) and healthcare (-RM152.7 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their net buying streak to three weeks in a row with purchases of RM760.5 mil.
However, local retailers turned net sellers to end their five-week consecutive streak of purchases with a net outflow of -RM194.4 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based increase last week with the exception of local retailers. Foreign investors and local institutions recorded an increase of +1.50% and +8.90% respectively but local retailers saw a decline of -3.0%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, Indonesia posted net buying activities for the second straight week with an inflow of US$412.3 mil which was significantly higher than the previous week’s inflow of US$7.50 mil.
Elsewhere, the Philippines recorded a modest inflow of US$21.5 mil to reverse a two-week streak of foreign withdrawals but incurred foreign withdrawals amounting to -US$240.2 mil to end its five successive weeks of net inflows.
Vietnam’s net flow data was not available at the time of writing
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Malayan Banking Bhd (RM239.2 mil), SD Guthrie Bhd (RM71.0 mil) and Westports Holdings Bhd (RM42.5 mil). – Aug 18, 2025
