FOREIGN institutions returned to buying on Bursa Malaysia after eight consecutive weeks of net selling with net inflow of RM75.3 mil daring the July 6-10 trading period to reverse the prior week’s net outflow of RM391.1 mil.
They were net buyers on three out of five trading days of the week with the highest inflow recorded on Thursday (July 9) (RM142.5 mil), according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“This was followed by Wednesday (July 8) (RM23.1 milk) and Friday (July 10) (RM3.7 mil) while the largest outflows were seen on Monday (July 6) (-RM84.5 mil) followed by Tuesday (July 7) (-RM9.5 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The top three sectors that recorded net inflows from foreign institutions were utilities (RM136.5 mil), financial services (RM84.2 mil) and plantation (RM50.9 mil).
Meanwhile, the three largest sectors with net outflows were technology (-RM106.2 mil), industrial products & services (-RM88.8 mil) and construction (-RM20.9 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions returned to net selling after 12 weeks of net buying streak with outflow of -RM201.3 mil.
However, retailers returned to net buying after the previous week’s selling with an inflow of RM126.0 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw decreases of -6.5% by retailers and foreign institutions (-27.6%) but that of local institutions shot up by +10.9%,
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Thailand extended its net foreign inflow to a second straight week with foreign investors purchasing US$471.3 mil worth of equities.
This is despite the country’s core consumer price index (CPI) which excludes volatile food and energy prices having accelerated to 1.23% year-on-year (yoy) in June 2026 (May 2026: +0.92% yoy) to mark the fastest pace of increase since June 2023.
The Philippines, too, returned to net buying territory after two successive weeks of net selling with inflow of US$58.9 mil despite its unemployment rate having edged up to 4.8% in May 2026 (April 2026: 4.7%) driven mainly by agriculture sector job losses stemming from the El Niño phenomenon.
However, Indonesia extended its net foreign selling streak to nine consecutive weeks with foreign investors having withdrawn -US$96.3 mil while Vietnam extended its net foreign selling streak to a 17th week with net outflow of -US$91.2 mil.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Tenaga Nasional Bhd (RM176.3 mil), Public Bank Bhd (RM110.0 mil) and RHB Bank Bhd (RM89.2 mil). – July 13, 2026
