FOREIGN investors reverted to selling on Bursa Malaysia during the Dec 8-12 trading period after the prior week’s brief “meagre inflow” with net outflow amounting to -RM472.1 mil (Dec 1-5: +RM11.6 mil).
Friday was the only day net foreign buying was recorded with an inflow of RM47.1 mil, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“Monday (Dec 1) saw the strongest outflow of -RM195.9 mil, followed by Tuesday (Dec 2) (-RM145.7 mil), Wednesday (Dec 3) (-RM99.6 mil) and Thursday (Dec 4) (-RM78.0 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were industrial products & services (RM113.9 mil), telecommunication & media (RM53.2 mil) and healthcare (RM5.2 mil).
Meanwhile, the top three sectors with the highest net foreign outflows were utilities (-RM431.9 mil), REITs (-RM67.0 mil) and transportation & logistics (-RM41.3 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions recorded a fourth consecutive week of net inflows amounting to +RM534.9 mil.
However, local retailers posted a second straight week of net outflows totalling -RM62.8 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw a broad-based decline: local retailers by -15.9%, local institutions by -2.6% and foreign investors by -22.0%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Indonesia extended its foreign net buying to a 10th consecutive week with inflows amounting to US$85.5 mil on the back of improving domestic consumption momentum.
However, Vietnam reversed course to return to net selling after the previous week’s brief inflows with -US$220.2 mil in net foreign outflows.
Despite another 25 basis points (bp) policy rate cut by its central bank BSP to 4.5%, the Philippines extended its net selling streak to a third week with an outflow of -US$75.8 mil.
Thailand returned to modest net selling of -US$7.9 mil after the previous week’s foreign inflows amid political uncertainty following the dissolution of its parliament.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (RM78.1 mil); Telekom Malaysia Bhd (RM45.8 mil) and Farm Fresh Bhd (RM41.0 mil). – Dec 15, 2025
