KUALA LUMPUR: The foreign inflow into Bursa Malaysia continued in the week ended March 4 for a fourth straight week of net foreign buying.... According to MIDF Research data, the inflow of foreign dollars to Malaysia's bourse was in line with the performance of other Southeast Asian markets, which saw an inflow of foreign interest while other international markets were sidelined due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis.... " Of this, Thailand saw the biggest inflow with US$ 307. 2mil....

The sharp uptick was driven by commercial loans from institutions in China and the UAE. Including rollovers and cash deposits maintained with the central bank, total external inflows for FY25 reached approximately$ 24bn.... Bilateral disbursements declined by 35pc to$ 600 million, from$ 920m the previous year.... The government had originally budgeted$ 3. 8bn from foreign commercial banks for FY25, a target that was exceeded despite earlier reluctance from lenders.In contrast, the government’s

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s defensive market is likely to draw in more foreign inflows, given its limited trade and business ties with Russia and Ukraine, as well as its robust commodity-centric industries.In the short run, brokerage firms expect foreign portfolio interest to be elevated with a focus on defensive sectors. RHB Research said these sectors include “ consumer, healthcare, utilities, basic materials, real estate investment trusts( REITs) and resilient high dividend-yielding stocks ”...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia recorded net foreign inflow of RM17. 77mil in the final trading week of 2021, after five consecutive weeks of net outflow.... Local institutions meanwhile recorded a cumulative net purchase of RM274. 82mil over the week.... Retailers however were net sellers everyday of the past week, which MIDF noted was a reversal from the trend seen throughout 2021....

FDI inflows during Q4FY24 stood at$ 12.38 billion.... During the October-December quarter of 2024-25 also, the inflows were contracted by 5.6 per cent Y-o-Y to$ 10.9 billion due to global economic uncertainties.... During 2024-25, Singapore emerged as the largest source of FDI with$ 14.94 billion inflows....

KUALA LUMPUR: The foreign inflow on Bursa Malaysia picked up to RM955. 85mil over the past week, the highest in the year so far, as investors grew optimistic over the country's export data.... However, the same could not be said of retailers and local institutions, which recorded net outflows of RM42. 02mil and RM913. 85mil over the week ended Feb 18 respectively.... " Meanwhile, retailers and local institutions were net sellers, to the tune of-RM0. 04b and-RM1. 97b, respectively," said MIDF i

HONG KONG: Stocks in Hong Kong attracted record inflows via exchange-traded funds( ETFs) in March, as retail investors took advantage of a historic dip and an ensuing rebound to bet on further gains. Some 60 equity ETFs tracking the city’s indexes added US$ 4. 4bil( RM18. 49bil) since end-February, the most in monthly data compiled by Bloomberg going back to 2000. The Tracker Fund, the city’s first and largest ETF mirroring the benchmark Hang Seng Index, lured US$ 1. 5bil( RM6. 3bil), more than

MUMBAI: Foreign investment in Indian government bonds saw a remarkable jump in the last three months of 2023, with JPMorgan’s decision to add the debt to its indexes boosting inflows to a six-year high. Overseas investors net bought government bonds worth 350 billion rupees in October-December, pushing the full-year tally to 598 billion rupees, the highest since 2017, clearing house data showed. Fund managers expect more inflows in the new year.“ We are positive on India into 2024 and also expec

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign purchases in the domestic market intensified over the past week to RM637. 8mil net for a third straight week of net inflow. According to MIDF Research, the net inflows from foreign investors were more than RM100mil on each day between Tuesday and Friday, averaging RM164. 1mil a day. The bullish sentiment comes amid an increase in global investor optimism as the market now expected the US Federal Reserve to halt any further interest rate hikes for now following the recent 25

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign purchases in the domestic market intensified over the past week to RM637. 8mil net for a third straight week of net inflow. According to MIDF Research, the net inflows from foreign investors were more than RM100mil on each day between Tuesday and Friday, averaging RM164. 1mil a day. The bullish sentiment comes amid an increase in global investor optimism as the market now expected the US Federal Reserve to halt any further interest rate hikes for now following the recent 25