FOREIGN investors extended their net selling spree on Bursa Malaysia to eight consecutive weeks with -RM391.1 mil in net outflows during the June 29-July 3 trading week, an almost 30% drop from the prior week’s -RM554.7 mil.
They were net sellers on three out of five trading days during the week with the highest outflows recorded on Tuesday (June 30) (-RM183.0 mil), Thursday (July 2) (-RM144.9 mil) and Wednesday (July 1) (-RM130.3 mil), according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“The largest inflows were seen on Monday (June 29) (RM55.4 mil) followed by Friday (July 3) (RM11.7 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The top three sectors that recorded net inflows from foreign institutions were technology (RM41.6 mil), transportation & logistics (RM26.0 mil) and construction (RM22.2 mil).
Meanwhile, the three largest sectors with net outflows were financial services (-RM252.2 mil), consumer products & services (-RM60.0 mil) and healthcare (-RM59.3 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their net buying streak to a dozen weeks with net inflow of RM474.6 mil.
But retailers returned to net selling after the previous week’s net buying with an outflow of -RM83.5 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw a broad-based decrease: retailers by -12.7%, local institutions (-23.4%) and foreign institutions (-5.9%).
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Thailand returned to net foreign inflow after three consecutive weeks of selling with foreign investors mopping up US$785.6 mil worth of equities.
This came despite Thailand’s retail sales having contracted -20.0% year-on-year (yoy) in April 2026, reversing the previous month’s strong expansion and marking the first annual decline since August 2025 amid weaker domestic consumption.
However, foreign funds in Indonesia extended their net selling streak to eight successive weeks by withdrawing -US$152.6 mil, possibly due to the country’s inflation accelerating to +3.3%y oy in June 2026 (May 2026: +3.1%), the highest since March 2026,
Elsewhere, Vietnam extended its net foreign selling streak to a 16th straight week with outflow of -US$110.4 mil while the Philippines remained in net foreign outflow territory for a second week in a row with -US$2.8 mil.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Zetrix AI Bhd (RM51.4 mil), Westports Holdings Bhd (RM25.4 mil) and Sunway Construction Group Bhd (RM19.9 mil). – July 6, 2026
