TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on July 19, capital flows data showed on Friday.
Foreigners bought a net 571.9 billion yen worth of shares in
the week through July 19, after buying a net 442.3 billion yen
in the week before that.
Japanese investors bought a net 1,641.3 billion yen of foreign bonds in the latest week after buying a net 765.3 billion yen the week before.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:
(net)
stocks bonds bills
July 13 - July 19 +571.9 -990.7 +1,892.1
July 6 - July 12 +442.3r +170.9r -710.2
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:
(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
July 13 - July 19 +296.5 +1,641.3 -87.6
July 6 - July 12 -767.9 +765.3r -114.1
Notes:
- An "r" denotes a revised figure.
- Bonds include beneficiary certificates.
- Figures are based on contracts and are rounded.
- The MOF's capital flows data can be found in English at:
http://www.mof.go.jp/international_policy/reference/itn_transactions_in_securities/week.pdf
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- Older weekly data are omitted if there are no revisions