FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak to a second successive week by posting a net outflow of -RM206.1 mil for the July 14-July 18 trading period (previous week: -RM516.6 mil).
They were net sellers on every trading session except Monday (July 14) and Friday (July 18) with outflows ranging from -RM61.9 mil to -RM173.3 mil, according to MBSB Research (formerly MIDF Research).
“The largest outflow was recorded on Wednesday (July 16) followed by Tuesday (July 15) with -RM88.3 mil and Thursday (July 17) with -RM61.9 mil,” observed the research house in is weekly fund flow report.
“Monday (July 14) and Friday (July 18) recorded net inflows of RM1.21 mil and RM116.2 mil respectively.”
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign inflows were construction (RM199.5 mil), transportation & logistics (RM102.1 mil) and industrial products & services (RM94.7 mil).
On the other hand, the top three sectors with the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM525.4 mil), technology (-RM86.1 mil) and consumer products & services (-RM71.8 mil).
On a similar note, local institutions also reversed their buying momentum last week to end their eight straight weeks of net inflows with a modest withdrawal of -RM33.3 mil.
However, local retailers continued their net buying activities to a second week in a row with a net inflow of RM239.4 mil which was about four times higher than the previous week’s inflow of RM52.7 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based incline last week with the exception of local institutions. Foreign investors and local retailers recorded increases of +6.9%% and +9.0% respectively while local institutions saw a decrease of -2.6%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, only Thailand again posted a net inflow of US$141.5 mil to extend its streak of foreign purchases to a second week.
However, Indonesia recorded the second highest outflow in the region at -US$100.7 mil to mark five straight weeks of net foreign selling while the Philippines saw a modest net outflow of -US$60.1 mil to stretch its foreign selling streak to two weeks.
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 Gamuda Bhd (RM153.7 mil), Sunway Bhd (RM103.6 mil) and Westports Holdings Bhd (RM88.2 mil), – July 21, 2025
