IT WAS another week of net selling by foreign investors on Bursa Malaysia in the Christmas Day-shortened Dec 22-26 trading period with a third consecutive week of outflows at -RM549.3 mil (prior week: RM363.3 mil).
The highest outflows occurred on Friday (Dec 26) (-RM172.4 mil) followed by Wednesday (Dec 24) (-RM172.4 mil), Monday (Dec 22) (-RM106.0 mil) and Tuesday (Dec 23) (-RM98.6 mil), according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“(This is despite) Bursa having closed for the Christmas holiday on Thursday (Dec 25),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The only three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows were industrial products & services (RM23.4 mil), telecommunication & media (RM13.3 mil) and energy (RM3.4 mil).
Meanwhile, the top three sectors with the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM169.7 mil), consumer products & services (-RM96.2 mil) and utilities (-RM90.6 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their buying streak to a sixth consecutive week by mopping up RM639.5 mil worth of stocks on the local bourse.
However, local retailers registered a fourth consecutive week of net selling amounting to -RM90.2 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw a broad-based decrease: local retailers by -12.2%, local institutions (-26.6%) and foreign investors (-39.7%).
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Indonesia recorded net foreign inflows of US$94.6 mil, extending its buying streak to 12 successive weeks.
Elsewhere, Vietnam ended two consecutive weeks of net selling with foreign inflows of US$67.1 mil on the back of strong export performance in agriculture.
Thailand, too, stretched its streak of net foreign inflows to a second week with US$65.6 mil despite a wider trade deficit in November 2025 with the gap widening to US$2.73 bil (November 2024: US$2.20 bil).
However, the Philippines recorded foreign outflows of -US$15.4 mil which extended its net selling streak to a fifth week in a row.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Telekom Malaysia Bhd (RM15.3 mil); Sunway Bhd (RM14.0 mil) and Southern Cable Group Bhd (RM11.6 mil). – Dec 29, 2025
