Bursa foreign net selling reaches fourth week at RM270.2 million
Retail investors posted RM410.5 million in net buying, while local institutions switched to net selling, according to MBSB Investment Bank.
Foreign institutions sold a net RM270.2 million on Bursa Malaysia in the week ending Oct 16, 2026, extending their selling run to four weeks, MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB) said. Its weekly Fund Flow Report recorded foreign net selling on each of the five trading days.
Monday accounted for the largest daily withdrawal, at RM105.7 million. By sector, utilities registered RM201.3 million in net foreign selling, while industrial products and services recorded RM131.3 million and plantation RM75.8 million. Foreign buying exceeded selling in financial services by RM88.5 million, healthcare by RM55.5 million, and transport and logistics by RM52.8 million.
Local institutions turned net sellers after three weeks of net buying, posting an outflow of RM140.3 million. Retail investors took the opposite position, recording RM410.5 million in net purchases and extending their buying run to eight weeks.
Regionally, MBSB IB reported combined net foreign outflows of US$28.32 billion across the eight Asian markets it tracks, marking a third week of net selling. Taiwan had the largest outflow at US$18.9 billion, ahead of South Korea at US$8.33 billion and India at US$830.4 million.
