TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks in the week to July 7, making them net buyers for the second consecutive week, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance released
on Thursday.
Overseas investors bought Japanese shares worth a net 761.8 billion yen last week. The week
before, they purchased a net 414.9 billion yen worth.
Foreign investors were net sellers of medium- to long-term Japanese bonds last week, disposing a
total of 324.8 billion yen. That made them net sellers for a fourth time in five weeks after they unloaded
a net 396.6 billion yen worth the previous week.
Foreigners bought a net 173.3 billion yen worth of Japanese short-term money market instruments, making them net buyers for the third straight week. They bought a net 367.5 billion yen in the previous
week.
Meanwhile, Japanese investors purchased a net 104.9 billion yen in foreign stocks in the past week
after buying a net 103.3 billion yen worth the prior week.
Domestic residents were also net buyers of medium- to long-term bonds worth 240.6 billion yen, the first net purchase in five weeks, after they unloaded a net 140.1 billion yen worth in the previous week.
Japanese investors acquired a net 61.0 billion yen in overseas short-term securities after they unloaded a net 75.3 billion yen worth in the previous week.
(1 US dollar = 122.30 yen)
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