Kuala lumpur: Foreign investors extended their net selling streak to two consecutive weeks across Asian markets last week, recording US$1.74 billion of net foreign outflows.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, MBSB Investment Bank Bhd’s (MBSB IB) Fund Flow Report for the week ended Oct 24, 2025, highlighted that among the markets monitored, only Indonesia, Thailand, and India registered net foreign inflows, while the rest experienced net selling activities. Taiwan led the region with the largest outflow.

Indonesia marked a three-week consecutive net buying streak, achieving the region’s highest foreign purchases of US$254.7 million. This surge followed Bank Indonesia’s unexpected decision to keep its policy rate unchanged, despite its earlier commitment to an ‘all-out pro-growth’ stance. The bank decided to evaluate the impact of previous easing measures and ongoing fiscal stimulus on Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

India also maintained a three-week streak of net foreign purchases, albeit with a modest inflow of US$96.8 million. The figure was approximately ten times lower than the previous week, attributed to market closures on three out of five trading days due to the Deepavali celebrations.

In the local context, MBSB IB reported that foreign investors extended their net selling streak for the third consecutive week, though the outflow was a modest -RM14.6 million, a notable reduction from the previous week’s -RM962.8 million.

Foreign investors were net sellers on two out of four trading days last week, with Wednesday recording the highest net selling at -RM73.3 million, followed by Tuesday at -RM68.9 million. Conversely, Thursday and Friday witnessed net foreign buying activities, with RM97.5 million and RM30.1 million recorded, respectively.

The top sectors that saw net foreign inflows included consumer products and services (RM195.7 million), industrial products and services (RM83 million), and technology (RM66.9 million). In contrast, healthcare (-RM200.7 million), financial services (-RM142.7 million), and telecommunication and media (-RM52.4 million) recorded the highest net foreign outflows.

MBSB IB noted that local institutions continued a three-week streak of net purchases, recording inflows of RM111.1 million. Meanwhile, local retailers marked their seventh consecutive week of net selling, with a net outflow of -RM96.5 million, which was 3.7 times smaller than the previous week’s outflow of -RM357.4 million.

The report also indicated a broad-based decrease in the average daily trading volume last week. Local retailers and institutions experienced declines of -26.3 percent and -18.8 percent, respectively, while foreign investors saw a decrease of -25.1 percent.