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Mixed Weekly Investment Flows, But Offshore Buying Of Local Equities Continues

JAPAN DATA

Japan weekly investment flows were mixed last week. In terms of offshore buying of local equities, we saw continued inflows, see the table below. ¥382bn of net inflows were recorded in this space, which was the 7th straight week of positive flow momentum. Each week since the start of this year we have seen positive inflows.

  • Offshore investors sold local Japan bonds, more than offsetting the modest buying pace seen in the week prior.
  • In terms of Japan investors, in the bond space, local investors were net sellers last week, in line with the offered tone in global fixed income markets led by the US. This only partially reversed the strong inflows seen in the prior week though.
  • Japan investors picked up the pace of offshore equity purchases to ¥359.9bn.

Table 1: Japan Weekly Investment Flows

Billion YenWeek ending Feb 16Prior Week
Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 382.0621.2
Foreign Buying Japan Bonds -521.6176.1
Japan Buying Foreign Bonds-560.81495.1
Japan Buying Foreign Stocks359.922.1

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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