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Offshore Investors Continue To Buy Japan Stocks - 9th Straight Week

JAPAN DATA

Weekly Japan investment flow data showed mixed trends for the week ending May 26. Foreign buying of Japan stocks remained positive at ¥379.2bn, down from the prior week ¥867.4bn. Still, this was the 9th straight week of offshore inflows into Japan stocks. Foreign buying of Japan bonds reversed though -¥646.6bn, against strong inflows for the prior 2 weeks.

  • Japan buying of foreign bonds remained stronger for the second straight week, but local investors sold offshore stocks, see the table below.

Table 1: Japan Weekly Invesment Flows

Billion YenWeek ending May 26Prior Week
Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 379.2867.4
Foreign Buying Japan Bonds -646.61105.9
Japan Buying Foreign Bonds1028.8962.9
Japan Buying Foreign Stocks-656.9-19.7

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