BUZZ-Foreign investors pare back Japan stock holdings

Flow data from Japan's MOF shows foreign investors paring back on stocks

Foreigners sold a net Y1.038 tln Japanese stocks week-ended February 22

On top of Y351.9 bln in net sales the previous week

Net Y438 bln JGBs bought however, offsets net Y478.4 bln bill sales

The case previous week too, Y789 mln JGB buys vs Y912.8 bln bill sales

On other side of the ledger, Japanese pared foreign bond holdings

Net Y200.8 bln bonds sold, reverses Y239.6 bln buys previous week

That said, net Y1.7552 tln bought week-ended Feb 8, still net buys in month?

Japanese also bought small amounts of foreign stocks, bills latest week

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