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Inflows Into Local Stocks Cools, Purchases Of Japan Bonds Steps Up

JAPAN DATA

Offshore inflows into Japan stocks lost momentum last week, barely remaining positive. At ¥4.2bn this is well below the average pace seen in previous weeks. It does extend the run of positive weekly inflows to 9 though. Offshore investors stepped up their purchases of local Japanese bonds. The ¥864.1bn in net inflows was the strongest weekly pace since the first half of October.

  • In terms of Japan outbound flows. Local investors were net sellers of both offshore bonds and stocks last week. Selling of offshore stocks was the largest since the end of August.

Table 1: Japan Weekly Investment Flows

Billion YenWeek ending Nov 24Prior Week
Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 4.2286
Foreign Buying Japan Bonds 864.1421.9
Japan Buying Foreign Bonds-84.54
Japan Buying Foreign Stocks-209.8120.7

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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