KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Foreign selling of Malaysia's stocks accelerated in the past week as the nation's benchmark equity index fell and the Malaysian ringgit weakened.

The 5-day moving average of net foreign outflows accelerated to $1.06 million, falling below the 20-day average of $1.90 million in inflows, according to data from the Bursa Malaysia Bhd. compiled by Bloomberg.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index fell 0.6 percent over the past week and the ringgit lost 0.3 percent against the dollar to 3.917.

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