Malaysia records RM476mil net foreign inflows, ending 5-week selling streak

Malaysia’s foreign inflows were led by consumer products and services, financial services, and industrial products and services. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia was among four Asian markets to record net foreign inflows last week, posting RM476.1 million and reversing a five-week consecutive net selling streak.

MBSB Investment Bank Bhd’s (MBSB IB) fund flow report for the week ended Nov 14, 2025, showed that foreign investors were net buyers on four out of five trading days last week, with Tuesday being the highest net buying activity at RM198.2 million.

This was followed by Wednesday (RM193.9 million), Monday (RM60.1 million), and Thursday (RM56.3 million), while Friday was the only day that recorded outflows at RM32 million.

Sector-wise, consumer products and services, financial services and industrial products and services led inflows, each recording RM240 million, RM227.4 million and RM181.4 million, respectively.

However, local institutions ended a five-week consecutive streak of net purchases, recording outflows of RM318.1 million, while local retailers extended to a two-week consecutive streak of net selling, recording outflows of RM158.5 million.

MBSB IB noted that average daily trading volumes experienced a broad-based decrease last week, with local retailers and foreigners recording decreases of 5% and 2.5%, respectively, while local institutions saw an increase of 19.7%.

Across Asia, only India, Indonesia, and the Philippines saw net foreign buying, while the rest experienced net selling activity, led by Taiwan, which posted the largest outflow in the region.

It said India registered net foreign inflows of US$729.9 million (RM3.03 billion), reversing the previous week’s outflows, as easing inflation pressures raised expectations of near-term monetary policy easing.

Indonesia logged its sixth straight week of foreign net buying at US$229.9 million (RM954.31 million) as consumer confidence climbed to 121.2, its highest level since April 2025 and well within optimistic territory.

The Philippines saw a second week of net foreign buying at US$4.6 million (RM19.09 million)), despite foreign direct investment dropping 40.5% year-on-year to US$0.5 billion (RM2.08 billion) in August 2025, led by a 73.8% fall in debt instruments and a mild decline in reinvested earnings of 3.6%.

Meanwhile, Taiwan saw its fifth straight week of net equity outflows of US$2.94 billion (RM12.20 billion), the region’s largest, despite sharply improving economic data.