FOREIGN investors extended their net selling streak to a third straight week to register a net outflow of -RM89.9 mil during the July 21-25 trading period although this was smaller than the previous week’s outflow of -RM206.1 mil.
They were net sellers on every trading session except Wednesday (July 23) and Thursday (July 24) with outflows ranging from -RM21.0 mil to -RM136.5 mil, according to MBSB Research (previously MIDF Research).
“The largest outflow was recorded on Friday (July 25), followed by Monday (July 21) with -RM52.3 mil and Tuesday (July 22) with -RM21.0 mil,” observed the research house.
“Wednesday (July 23) and Thursday (July 24) recorded net inflows of RM97.3 mil and RM22.6 mil respectively.”
The top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign inflows were transportation & logistics (RM158.7 mil), utilities (RM69.5 mil) and construction (RM51.4 mil).
On the contrary, the top three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign outflows were financial services (-RM174.1 mil), technology (-RM80.8 mil) and telco & media (-RM70.8 mil).
Tracking the foreign investors, local institutions, too, extended their net selling streak to two consecutive weeks by posting a net outflow of -RM15.5 mil which was smaller than the previous week’s outflow of -RM33.3 mil.
However, local retailers continued their net buying activities by extending their purchase streak to a third week in a row with a net inflow of RM105.4 mil.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) experienced a broad-based decline last week. Foreign investors and local retailers recorded decreases of -5.5% and -2.1% respectively while local institutions saw a modest decline of -0.8%.
In comparison with another four Southeast Asian markets tracked by MIDF Research, Thailand attracted a net inflow of US$273.3 mil to extend its streak of foreign purchases to a third consecutive week.
This was followed by the Philippines which posted a modest net inflow of US$6.0 mil to break two consecutive weeks of outflows.
However, Indonesia posted a net outflow of -USD8.2 mil – its sixth successive week of foreign selling – while Vietnam’s net flow data was again unavailable at the time of writing.
The top three stocks with the highest net money inflow from foreign investors last week were Westports Holdings Bhd (RM162.0 mil), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (RM94.7 mil) and Gamuda Bhd (RM75.3 mil). – July 28, 2025
