FOREIGN investors turned net buyers last week (Sept 8-12) to end their nine-week consecutive streak of net withdrawals by posting a net inflow of RM223.9 mil (prior trading week: RM-RM187.6 mil), the first weekly net inflow since the start of July 2025.
They were net buyers on three out of five trading days with Friday (Sept 12) seeing the highest net buying activity at RM230.7 mil, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“This was followed by Thursday (Sept 11) (RM107.1 mil) and Tuesday (Sept 9) (RM28.0 mil) while the largest outflow occurred on Monday (Sept 8) (-RM80.4 mil), followed by Wednesday (Sept 10) (-RM61.6 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly find flow report.
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were industrial product (RM132.1 mil), plantation (RM93.9 mil) and construction (RM92.8 mil).
Meanwhile, the top three sectors with the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM155.9 mil), healthcare (-RM48.3 mil) and consumer (-RM47.6 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions ended their six successive weeks of net buying with a net outflow of -RM133.0 mil.
Likewise, local retailers also turned net sellers last week by ending their two straight weeks of purchases with net withdrawals of -RM90.9 mil.
Average daily trading volume (ADTV) declined across all investor groups last week. Retail investors and local institutions recorded contractions of -1.83% and -14.9% respectively while foreign investors posted a sharper decline of -18.9%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Indonesia stood out as the weakest performer last week by extending its net foreign withdrawals to a second week with a net outflow of -US$401.2 mil.
Elsewhere, Vietnam incurred an eight successive week of losing streak by posting a net outflow of -US$193.1 mil last week.
Thailand turned to net sellers last week to end a single week of buying with a modest net foreign outflow of -US$66.3 mil followed by the Philippines with the smallest net outflow at -US$2.76 mil to extend its foreign withdrawal streak to four weeks.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were SD Guthrie Bhd (RM121.6 mil), Westports Holdings Bhd (RM57.8 mil) and Malayan Banking Bhd (RM55.5 mil). – Sept 17, 2025
