KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Malaysia attracted foreign portfolio inflows of RM8.8 billion in 2019 — a six-year high — compared to an outflow of RM33.6 billion recorded in 2018. This followed a second straight month of inflows in December, amounting to RM7 billion, after November’s inflows of...
Strong foreign purchases of Malaysian debt securities worth RM19.9 billion in 2019, compared to foreign selling valued at RM21.9 billion in the preceding year, was the sole contributor to overall foreign portfolio inflows last year. — Picture by Choo Choy May
It said higher demand for Malaysia’s government bonds helped to offset foreign outflows from the equity market. This was more than enough to offset foreign outflows of RM11 billion from the Malaysian equity market . For Malaysia Government Securities alone, foreign holdings amounted to RM163.9 billion in December compared to RM158.4 billion in the preceding month, which was equivalent to 41.6 per cent of total outstanding.
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