Foreign funds accelerated their net outflow from Bursa past the RM1b mark from RM380m previously

Focus Malaysia

a day ago

FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak on Bursa Malaysia to a fifth consecutive week with a net outflow of -RM1.14 bil for the trading Aug 4-8 trading week which is three times that of the previous week's -RM378.1 mil.
They were net sellers on every trading session with outflows ranging from -RM145.6 mil to -RM318.1 mil, according to MIDF Research.
'The largest outflow was recorded on Tuesday (Aug 5), followed by Thursday (Aug 7) with -RM291.0 mil, Monday (Aug 4) (-RM205.7 mil) and Wednesday (Aug 6) (-RM174.7 mil) while Friday (Aug 8) recorded the smallest outflow,' observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The only two sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were industrial products & services (+RM62.7 mil) and transportation & logistics (+RM36.2 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM344.3 mil), healthcare (-RM239.1 mil) and utilities (-RM210.2 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions extended their net buying streak to two consecutive weeks by posting purchases of RM1.03 bil which is 3.9 times higher than the previous week's inflow of RM263.7 mil.
Likewise, local retailers also stretched their net buying activities to a fifth week with a net inflow of RM105.5 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based decline last week. Foreign investors and local retailers recorded a decline of -6.6% and -6.1% respectively while local institutions saw an increase of +4.8%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, Thailand attracted US$199.5 mil in net buying or 3.6 times the prior week's US$54.9 mil to extend its net inflow streak to five weeks.
Indonesia returned to net buying with an inflow of US$7.5 mil to end seven successive weeks of outflow after its 2Q CY2025 GDP (gross domestic product) growth beat consensus by having accelerated +5.12% year-on-year (yoy) from +4.87% yoy in 1Q CY2025.
However, the Philippines recorded a marginal outflow of -US$100,000, its second week of net selling despite reporting 2Q CY2025 GDP growth of +5.5% yoy – its fastest pace in a year – on a sharp rebound in agriculture and steady household spending.
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 (RM203.2 mil), Sunway Bhd (RM84.7 mil) and RHB Bank Bhd (RM60.9 mil). – Aug 11, 2025