Kuala lumpur: Foreign investors turned net buyers of equities last week after three weeks of net selling, with a net inflow of RM95.2 million against a net outflow of RM160.8 million in the preceding week, according to CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd. This raised their year-to-date (YTD) 2026 net inflow to RM3.1 billion, compared to a net outflow of RM22.6 billion in 2025.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, foreign investors' largest net buying was concentrated in the technology (RM119.7 million), financial services (RM117.7 million), and industrial (RM67.2 million) sectors. On the other hand, net selling was concentrated in the consumer (RM68.5 million), utilities (RM50.6 million), and construction (RM47.9 million) sectors.

CIMB Securities reported that local institutional investors remained net buyers for the fourth week, with net inflows growing sharply week-on-week to RM99.6 million. This trimmed their YTD net selling position to RM2.0 billion, compared to a net inflow of RM19.4 billion in 2025. Local retail investors became the largest net sellers with RM301 million, reversing the net buy of RM167.1 million in the preceding week, and increasing their YTD net outflow to RM1.8 billion, in contrast to a net inflow of RM3.1 billion in 2025.

Proprietary investors turned net buyers of RM106.2 million after net selling RM16.4 million in the preceding week, raising their YTD net inflows to RM664.6 million. Local institutional investors recorded their largest net buying in the utilities (RM276.7 million), construction (RM86 million), and property (RM32.9 million) sectors, while their largest net selling was seen in the industrial products (RM96 million), financials (RM54 million), and plantation (RM40.4 million) sectors.

Local retail investors were the largest net sellers in the utilities (RM244.7 million) and technology (RM98.4 million) sectors, while their largest net buying was in the consumer (RM94.1 million) and healthcare (RM28.6 million) sectors. Meanwhile, proprietary investors' largest net buying was in the telecommunication (RM38.5 million) and financial (RM26 million) sectors, CIMB Securities added.