AFTER a brief return to buying the previous week, foreign investors have again turned net sellers during the Nov 17-21 trading period by offloading -RM1.03 bil worth of domestic equities (prior week: net inflow of RM476.1 mil).
With the exception of Monday (Nov 17) which posted a net inflow of RM17.6 mil, net foreign selling was prevalent during the rest of the week, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“Tuesday (Nov 18) (-RM458.5 mil) recorded the largest outflow, followed by Friday (Nov 21) (-RM377.7 mil), Wednesday (Nov 19) (-RM204.1 mil) and Thursday (Nov 20) (-RM11.1 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The only two sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were plantation (RM148.4 mil) and financial services (RM79.6 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign outflows were industrial products & services (-RM377.2 mil), utilities (-RM254.4 mil) and telecommunication & media (-RM106.3 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions turned net buyers at RM1.01 bil after briefly turned net sellers with sales of -RM318.0 mil the week before.
Likewise, local retailers, too, became net buyers at RM28.1 mil after two consecutive weeks of net selling.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) was mixed: local retailers registered a -0.3% decline while local institutions and foreign investors recorded increases of +2.3% and +16.8% respectively.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Indonesia stretched its net buying streak to seven consecutive weeks with inflow totalling US$233.5 mil on the back of its central bank keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75% for the second consecutive month.
The Philippines also logged its third straight week of net foreign inflows which amounted to US$51.4 mil
However, Thailand registered its fourth successive week of net foreign outflow totalling -US$108.5 mil while Vietnam continued to post weekly net foreign outflows for the 18th week in a row since late July with -US$72.3 mil.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were SD Guthrie Bhd (RM133.2 mil); Malayan Banking Bhd (RM83.9 mil) and 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings Bhd (RM66.5 mil). – Nov 24, 2025
