Foreign funds returning to Malaysia, market capitalisation near all-time high

Bursa Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Amirsham Abdul Aziz speaks at the Invest Malaysia 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. - RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeing a return of foreign funds to equities, with net inflows totalling RM5.6bil for the three months to March 2016.

“Foreign flows are back, market capitalisation is near all-time high,” Bursa Malaysia Bhd chairman Tan Sri Amirsham A Aziz said in his opening remark at the 12th Invest Malaysia (IMKL2016) conference here yesterday.