Kuala lumpur: Foreign investors were net sellers for the week ending November 21, 2025, across eight Asian markets, with total outflows amounting to US$6.73 billion, nearly 1.9 times the amount recorded the previous week.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, MBSB Investment Bank Bhd’s (MBSB IB) Fund Flow Report highlighted Taiwan’s significant net foreign outflows, reaching US$4.55 billion, marking the largest outflow since early March and the highest in the region for the week. South Korea also recorded its third consecutive week of net foreign outflows at US$2.30 billion, approximately 1.7 times more than the prior week.
Thailand experienced its fourth consecutive week of net foreign outflows, totalling US$108.5 million, while Vietnam continued its trend of weekly net foreign outflows since late July, with last week’s outflow at US$72.3 million. MBSB IB noted that most indices tracked ended in the red for the week, with 16 out of 20 indices registering declines.
The top-performing indices for the week included the Philippines’ PSEI (7.4%), Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh VSE (1.2%), and India’s SENSEX (0.79%). Conversely, the worst-performing indices were Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (-5.1%), South Korea’s KOSPI (-3.9%), and China’s Shenzen CSI 300 (-3.8%). The FBMKLCI also saw a decline, ending lower by 0.5%.
In Malaysia, foreign investors returned to net selling after a brief period of buying the previous week, offloading RM1.03 billion worth of domestic equities. Foreign selling was recorded every day except Monday (RM17.6 million), with Tuesday seeing the largest outflow of RM458.5 million, followed by Friday (RM377.7 million), Wednesday (RM204.1 million), and Thursday (RM11.1 million).
The only sectors in Malaysia to experience net foreign inflows last week were plantation (RM148.4 million) and financial services (RM79.6 million). Meanwhile, the top sectors for net foreign outflows were industrial products and services (RM377.2 million), utilities (RM254.4 million), and telecommunication and media (RM106.3 million). Local institutions became net buyers at RM1.01 billion, recovering from net sales of RM318 million on Bursa Malaysia the previous week. Local retailers also turned net buyers at RM28.1 million after two weeks of net selling.
The average daily trading volume presented a mixed picture, with local retailers experiencing a 0.3% decline, while local institutions and foreign investors saw increases of 2.3% and 16.8%, respectively.