KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Foreign buying of Malaysia's stocks slowed in the past week as the nation's benchmark equity index rose and the Malaysian ringgit weakened.
The 5-day moving average of net foreign inflows decreased to $2.54 million, falling below the 20-day average of $8.19 million, according to data from the Bursa Malaysia Bhd. compiled
by Bloomberg.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index rose 0.9 percent over the past week and the ringgit lost 0.5 percent against the dollar to 3.8902.