FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak to eight consecutive weeks by posting a net outflow of -RM1.41 bil for the Aug 25-29 trading week which is almost 4.5 times higher than the previous week’s net outflow of -RM314.4 mil.
They were net sellers throughout the week and on every trading session, according to MBSB Research (previously MIDF Research).
“Outflows ranged from -RM95.4 mil to -RM510.1 mil with the largest recorded on Tuesday (Aug 26), followed by Friday (Aug 29) (-RM330.9 mil),” observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
“Monday (Aug 25) saw an outflow of (-RM267.1 mil) with Thursday (Aug 28) at -RM201.9 mil while Wednesday (Aug 27) experienced the smallest outflow of -RM95.4 mil.”
The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were transportation & logistics (RM44.5 mil), construction (RM30.6 mil) and industrial products & services (RM23.9 mil).
Reversely, the top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM752.6 mil), consumer products & services (-RM279.9 mil) and utilities (-RM159.4 mil).
Meanwhile, local institutions extended their net buying streak to a fifth consecutive week with net purchases of RM1.16 bil.
Likewise, local retailers turned net buyers last week to end their two-week selling streak with a net inflow of RM249.4 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) recorded a broad-based increase last week. Foreign investors and local institutions posted gains of +76.4% and +13.3% respectively while retail investors registered a more modest rise of +14.9%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MBSB Research, Indonesia again stood out with US$92.3 mil in net inflows to extend buying streak by foreign funds to four successive weeks.
Thailand whose Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been dismissed by the country’s Constitutional Court recorded -US$382.7 mil in outflows, marking its third consecutive week of net selling.
The Philippines posted the smallest outflow among the markets monitored, extending its net foreign investor withdrawal to a second consecutive week with -USD67.3 mil.
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 (RM171.7 mil), Sunway Construction Group Bhd (RM127.7 mil) and Kelington Group Bhd (RM64.1 mil). – Sept 2, 2025
