Foreign investors pour RM492m into Bursa Malaysia amid short trading week
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Foreign investors have continued to be net buyers on Bursa Malaysia last week, marking the second consecutive week of net buying streak with a net inflow of RM492.1 million, according to MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB).
MBSB IB noted that it was a short trading week as the market was closed on Monday and Tuesday in conjunction with Malaysia Day.
It said foreign investors were net buyers on two out of three trading days last week, with Wednesday seeing the highest net buying activity at RM348.69 million, followed by Friday (RM205.30 million), while the only outflow occurred on Tuesday (-RM61.9 million).
“The top three sectors that recorded net foreign inflows last week were transportation and logistics (RM131.8 million), industrial products and services (RM126.9 million) and technology (RM117.1 million).
“The only two sectors that recorded net foreign outflows were financial services (RM154.7 million), and healthcare (RM38.1 million),” it said in its weekly Fund Flow Report for the week ended Sept 19, 2025.
The investment bank added that local institutions and local retailers remained as net sellers, with outflows totalling RM337.6 million and RM159.5 million, respectively.
“Meanwhile, the average daily trading volume (ADTV) increased across all investor groups last week. Foreign investors posted a sharp increase of 88.3 per cent, while retail investors and local institutions recorded expansions of 21.2 per cent and 19.0 per cent, respectively,” it added.
