KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investors snapped a six-week net buying streak last week, turning net sellers with a net outflow of RM65.2mil.
CIMB Securities said the reversal trimmed their year-to-date (YTD) 2026 net buying position to RM1.38bil, compared with a net outflow of RM22.31bil recorded in 2025.
Local institutional investors remained net sellers for a third consecutive week, although their net selling eased 16.5% week-on-week (WoW) to RM219mil.
CIMB said this reduced their YTD 2026 net inflow to RM551.3mil, versus RM20.92bil in 2025.
Meanwhile, local retail investors turned net buyers of RM115.8mil, reversing the preceding week’s net selling of RM165.9mil.
Despite the rebound, their YTD 2026 position remained in net outflow at RM2.24bil, compared with a net inflow of RM156.8mil in 2025.
Local nominees remained net buyers with RM124.4mil, up 57.1% WoW, while proprietary investors also turned net buyers with RM44.1mil.
CIMB noted that foreign investors were net buyers in the utilities sector with RM60.3mil, transportation with RM21.5mil and financial services with RM14.9mil last week.
Their largest net buys included Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(TNB), Sime Darby Bhd and Sunway Bhd.
However, they were net sellers in the consumer sector with RM153.1mil, technology with RM36.4mil and construction with RM33.1mil.
The top net sells were 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings Bhd, Gamuda Bhd and Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd.
Meanwhile, local institutional investors were the largest net sellers in the financial services sector with RM159.8mil, utilities with RM58.7mil and transportation with RM20.3mil, driven by net selling in Malayan Banking Bhd, TNB and IOI Properties Group Bhd.
However, they were net buyers in the consumer sector with RM126.3mil, industrial with RM42.2mil and construction with RM33.7mil, with 99 Speed, Gamuda and Press Metal emerging as their largest net buys.
Local retail investors were net sellers in REIT at RM6.9mil, industrial at RM5.6mil and transportation at RM4.9mil. They bought property at RM56.8mil, financial services at RM15.9mil and consumer at RM7.5mil.
