Dwindling interest of retail investors in Bursa

Based on the latest monthly Bursa market statistics, for the first month of 2022, the average daily value (ADV) of shares traded was RM1.3bil and the average daily volume of shares traded was 2.08 billion units (excluding direct business transaction). This level is a far cry from where it was 18 months ago.

AT the height of retail investor participation in Bursa Malaysia back on Aug 5, 2020, the single-day value of shares traded hit a record high of RM10.45bil (44% of which was from the healthcare sector alone).

In terms of volume, shares traded hit a record high of 27 billion units during the penny stock mania the same month.