FOREIGN investors remained net sellers to extend outflow from the local bourse to a second consecutive week with -RM962.8 mil during the Oct 13-17 trading period which was slightly lower than the previous week’s RM1.44 bil.
They were net sellers on every trading session of last week with Monday (Oct 13) seeing the highest net selling activity at -RM393.5 mil, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“This was followed by Tuesday (Oct 14) (-RM320.0 mil), Friday (Oct 17) (-RM190.8 mil) and Wednesday (Oct 15) (-RM47.5 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
“The smallest outflow occurred on Thursday (Oct 16) which saw a moderate withdrawal of -RM11.0 mil.”
The only three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were consumer products & services (RM518.9 mil), technology (RM87.3 mil) and construction (RM6.5 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM835.5 mil), healthcare (-RM270.3 mil) and utilities (-RM106.7 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their net buying activity to a second successive week with purchases of RM1.32 bil.
However, local retailers remained net sellers for the sixth straight week with a net outflow of -RM357.4 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based increase last week. Local retailers and foreign investors posted increases of +26.7% and +18.7% respectively but local institutions saw a slight decrease of -4.3%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, foreign funds in Indonesia extended their net buying streak to a second week with purchases of US$117.9 mil after its economy is projected to expand +5.7% year-on-year (yoy) in 4Q 2025 (2Q 2025: +5.1% yoy) on the back of a new stimulus package.
However, Thailand extended its net foreign outflows to six straight weeks with -US$158.6 mil.
Elsewhere, Vietnam stretched its net selling streak to 13 consecutive weeks with an outflow of -US$112.6 mil while the Philippines posted a third successive week of net foreign withdrawals with a modest outflow of -US$14.5 mil.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Genting Malaysia Bhd (RM523.9 mil), 99 Speed Mart Retail Holding Bhd (RM40.9 mil) and SD Guthrie Bhd (RM35.1 mil). – Oct 21, 2025
