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Offshore Investors Step Up Purchases Of Local Equities & Bonds

JAPAN DATA

Japan weekly investment flows were strong across the board in the week ending Jan 12. Offshore investors bought over ¥1200bn in local stocks, while a pick up was evident in terms of local bonds (¥980bn). The inflows into local stocks nearly brings net inflows back to flat since the start of Dec last year. Bond flows remain a net negative though for this period.

  • In terms of Japan offshore buying, we saw a sharp rise in bond purchases. Since the start of the year we have seen over ¥2000bn in net outflows to this space by local investors.
  • Buying of offshore equities was also positive for the third straight week.
Table 1: Japan Weekly Investment Flows
Billion YenWeek ending Jan 12Prior Week
Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 1202.6296.8
Foreign Buying Japan Bonds 980.2-401.6
Japan Buying Foreign Bonds1642.8545.2
Japan Buying Foreign Stocks783.3190.7

Source: MNI- Market News/Bloomberg

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