{"id":5035,"date":"2020-07-13T13:20:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T05:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2020-07-13T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T05:20:16","slug":"foreign-investors-offload-rm16-9-billion-of-equities-year-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5035","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investors offload RM16.9 billion of equities year-to-date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 &#8212; Foreign investors have sold RM16.9 billion net of equities on Bursa Malaysia, year-to-date, MIDF Research said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, compared with six other Asian markets, Malaysia still has the fourth smallest foreign fund net outflow during the period.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research house said offshore investors disposed of RM270 million net of local equities\u00a0last week &#8212; marking the 21st consecutive week of foreign\u00a0net selling &#8211;\u00a0compared with\u00a0RM339.4 million in the preceding week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"investors\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" width=\"429\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-184x100.jpg 184w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-350x190.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068-800x435.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/46f26499d4a3b9e640ab31d3f43017105e4fdb0cbb068.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn terms of participation, retail and institutional groups recorded a weekly increase in their average daily traded value (ADTV)&nbsp;by 37.6 per cent&nbsp;and 34.2 per cent, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe foreign investors experienced a weekly increase in their ADTV by 29.1 per cent&nbsp;to reach RM1.3 billion, which was above the healthy level of RM1 billion,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the FBM KLCI rose by 2.5 per cent for the week to settle&nbsp;at 1,591.84, while the ringgit appreciated 0.5 per cent against the US dollar to reach RM4.26&nbsp;during the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major equity markets worldwide continued to be in positive territory last week on prospects of an&nbsp;economic recovery following the easing of&nbsp;COVID-19-triggered restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, the foreign fund flow in markets that we tracked suggest that the gains were domestic-led,\u201d MIDF Research said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, oil benchmark Brent crude rose one per cent to US$43.24 last Friday, driven by prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment by Gilead and Moderna as well as&nbsp;falling initial jobless claims in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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