Kuala lumpur: Foreign investors extended their net buying streak in Asian markets for the second consecutive week for the week ended Dec 12, 2025, registering net inflows of US$949.8 million.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB) noted that South Korea saw US$1.14 billion of net foreign inflows, the biggest in the region, despite labor market signals remaining mixed. In Taiwan, foreign buying extended into the third consecutive week at US$820.1 million, supported by a sharp improvement in external trade momentum. Meanwhile, Indonesia's net buying streak extended to ten consecutive weeks, with net foreign inflows of US$85.5 million, supported by improving domestic consumption momentum.

Back home, the investment bank reported that foreign investors returned to net selling after the previous week of inflows, with a net foreign fund outflow amounting to RM472.1 million. It was noted that net buying only occurred on Friday, totaling RM47.1 million, while Monday saw the highest outflow at RM195.9 million, followed by Tuesday (RM145.7 million), Wednesday (RM99.6 million), and Thursday (RM78.0 million).

The report highlighted that the top three sectors recording net foreign inflows last week were industrial products and services (RM113.9 million), telecommunication and media (RM53.2 million), and healthcare (RM5.2 million). Local institutions recorded the fourth consecutive week of net inflows, amounting to RM534.9 million, while local retailers posted a second straight week of net outflows, totaling RM62.8 million.

MBSB IB also observed that the average daily trading volume saw a broad-based decline -- local retailers by 15.9 percent, local institutions by 2.6 percent, and foreign investors by 22.0 percent.