- The weekly flow data from the MoF shows.......>

YEN: - The weekly flow data from the MoF shows foreign investor appetite for

Japanese stocks has collapsed with the biggest weekly net selling since March

2016, at Y1153.2bn, taking the 4-week cumulative sum of net selling to

Y2102.6bn. 

- The last time this rate of sustained net selling of Japanese stocks by foreign

investors was witnessed was September 2017. 

- Japanese investor appetite for foreign stocks also appears to have evaporated

with the second consecutive week of net selling, keeping the 4-week cumulative

sum net negative.

- Japanese investors have, however, maintained their appetite for foreign bonds

with the second week of large Japanese buying of overseas debt at Y853.8bn,

taking the 4-week cumulative sum of net purchases to the highest level since

mid-January.