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Foreign funds exit from Bursa extends to 4th straight week with net outflow surging 4x to RM380m
FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak to four consecutive weeks by posting a net outflow of -RM378.1 mil during the July 28-Aug 1 trading period or 4.2 times higher than the previous week's -RM89.9 mil.
They were net sellers on every trading session with outflows ranging from -RM13.2 mil to -RM142.2 mil, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
'The largest outflow was recorded on Tuesday (July 29) followed by Monday (July 28) with -RM103.3 mil, Thursday (July 31) (-RM85.0 mil) and Wednesday with (July 30) (-RM34.4 mil) while Friday (Aug 1) recorded the smallest outflow,' observed the research house in its weekly fund flow report.
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign inflows were construction (RM107.4 mil), transportation & logistics (RM93.9 mil) and REITs (RM12.1 mil).
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM245.8 mil), healthcare (-RM154.1 mil) and utilities (-RM114.2 mil).
On the contrary, local institutions ended their two-week net selling streak to turn net buyers last week with net purchases of RM263.7 mil.
Likewise, local retailers extended their net buying activities to a fourth week with a net inflow of RM114.4 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based incline last week. Foreign investors and local retailers recorded an increase of +14.9% and +2.8% respectively but local institutions saw a decline of -5.0%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, only Thailand attracted a net inflow of US$54.9 mil to extend its streak of foreign buying to a fourth consecutive week.
Elsewhere, Indonesia posted a net outflow of -US$142.4 mil for its seventh successive week of foreign selling while the Philippines posted a modest net outflow of -US$8.21 mil to break a single-week streak of inflows.
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 Westports Holdings Bhd (RM103.3 mil), Gamuda Bhd (RM67.3 mil) and Axiata Group Bhd (RM26.0 mil). – Aug 4, 2025
