FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak on Birsa Malaysia to seven consecutive weeks albeit by posting a smaller net outflow of -RM314.4 mil for the Aug 18-22 trading period (previous week: RM566.1 mil).
They were net sellers throughout the week except on Friday (Aug 22) with outflows ranged from -RM54.6 mil to -RM209.4 mil, according to. MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“The largest outflow was recorded on Wednesday (Aug 20) followed by Monday (Aug 18) with -RM152.9 mil and Tuesday (Aug 19) (-RM74.8 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
“Thursday (Aug 21) saw the smallest outflow of -RM54.6 mil while Friday (Aug 22) stood out with net inflows of RM177.2 mil.”
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were industrial products & services (RM136.7 mil), construction (RM133.0 mil) and plantation (rm56.8 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were telecommunication & media (-RM154.2 mil), consumer products & services (-RM145.2 mil) and financial services (-RM119.8 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their net buying streak to fourth consecutive weeks by registering purchases of RM391.8 mil.
Meanwhile, local retailers extended their net selling streak to a second successive week with a net outflow of -RM77.3 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) recorded a broad-based increase last week. Foreign investors and local institutions posted gains of +10.0% and +14.5% respectively while retail investors registered a more modest rise of +8.6%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, only Indonesia stood out with US$167.9 mil in net inflows to extend its buying streak to three consecutive weeks amid buoyant sentiment from Bank Negara Indonesia’s (BNI) surprise 25bps rate cut to 5.0% – the lowest since 2022.
However, Thailand recorded -US$188.4 mil in outflows to mark a second consecutive week of net selling while the Philippines saw foreign funds turning net sellers with a withdrawal of -US$27.0 mil after a brief one-week inflow.
Once again, Vietnam’s net flow data was not available at the time of writing.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Malayan Banking Bhd (RM208.6 mil), Sunway Bhd (RM112.8 mil) and SD Guthrie Bhd (RM70.2 mil). – Aug 25, 2025
