Thursday July 30, 01:18 AM
TABLE-Foreign investors bought Japan stocks last week
TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net 374.2 billion yen ($3.94 billion) of Japanese stocks last week, capital flows data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.
Details of net investments
were as follows (in billion yen).
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net)
stocks bonds bills July 19-25 374.2 -24.3 -460.9 July 12-18 81.2r -48.9 806.9
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (a minus sign indicates net selling and inflow of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills July 19-25 15.4 91.3 -35.0 July 12-18 101.1 3.8r 27.7r
The MOF's capital flows data can be found in English at:
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/e1c009.htm
The MOF's portfolio flows data can be found in English at:
http://www.mof.go.jp/bpoffice/ebppi.htm
Note (Stockholm: NOTE.ST - news) :
- 'r' notes revised figure
- As of January 2005, the ministry changed its calculation methods for weekly capital flows to match its Balance of Payments figures and previous data are not directly comparable.
- Bonds include beneficiary certificates.
- Figures are based on contracts and are rounded. ($1=95.04 Yen) Keywords: JAPAN ECONOMY/INVESTMENT
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