FOREIGN investors remained net sellers on Bursa Malaysia for a sixth consecutive week by posting -RM160.3 mil in outflow during the Sept 7-11 trading period from the prior week’s -RM640.3 mil.
They were net sellers on three out of five trading days during the week with the largest outflow occurring on Friday (Sept 11) (-RM207.1 mil), according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“This was followed by Wednesday (Sept 9) (-RM89.5 mil) and Thursday (Sept 10) (-RM12.5 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report. “Meanwhile, the largest net inflow was recorded on Tuesday (Sept 8) (RM89.0 mil), followed by Monday (Sept 7) (RM59.8 mil).”
The top three sectors that recorded net inflows from foreign institutions were plantation (RM117.0 mil), healthcare (RM101.5 mil) and consumer products & services (RM45.2 mil).
The three largest sectors with net outflows were financial services (-RM204.6 mil), construction (-RM72.3 mil) and technology (-RM56.9 mil).
Likewise, local institutions ended their six-week net buying streak with -RM127.4 mil in net outflows.
However, retailers extended their net buying run to a third successive week with inflow of RM287.7 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw a broad-based decrease with retailers down by -6.4%, local institutions (-9.6%) and foreign institutions (-20.2%).
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Thailand stood out as the only positive market by having posted a second consecutive week of net foreign buying by attracting US$43.0 mil of inflow.
This is despite its headline inflation having accelerated to +2.53% year-on-year (yoy) in August 2026 (July 2026: +1.95%) while its core inflation rose to +1.44% yoy which is the highest since May 2023 amid higher domestic fuel prices.
However, Indonesia swung back to net foreign outflow of -US$191.0 mil after three straight weeks of buying despite having posted improvement in domestic consumption as its retail sales rebounded +1.1% yoy in July 2026 following three consecutive months of contraction.
Elsewhere, Vietnam posted a second straight week of net foreign outflows amounting to -US$63.3 mil while the Philippines remained in net selling territory for a sixth consecutive week by recording -US$12.1 mil of outflow.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (RM111.5 mil), Bursa Malaysia Bhd (RM100.8 mil) and SD Guthrie Bhd (RM63.6 mil). – Sept 14, 2026
