KUALA LUMPUR: The outflow of foreign funds from Bursa Malayisa slowed in the previous week, even as key regional markets reported an overall net inflow of funds from offshore investors.
The domestic market recorded a net outflow of RM169.4mil over the five-day trading week ended Feb 21, 2025, which compared to RM503.3mil net of foreign funds leaving the country's shores in the prior week.
According to MIDF Research, there was an uneven recovery in Asian markets over the last week, with a modest inflow of US$172.8mil across the eight markets it monitors.
Malaysia, howwever, continued to see net selling on every day of the week except Friday.
The sectors that recorded the highest net outflows were utilities (RM181.4mil), industrial products and services (RM92.7mil) and energy (RM61.2mil).
Local institutions remained net buyers of Malaysian equities for a 16th straight week, with net purchases of RM194.2mil.
The country's retail investors snapped their four-week buying streak to register a net outflow of RM24.8mil in equities.
The average daily trading volume (ADTV) saw inclinesacross the board last week with the exception of foreign investors.
Foreign investors saw a decrease of 8.7% while local institutions and local retailers saw a surge of 7.8% and 1% respectively.
