July 17 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net C$7.90 billion ($5.63 billion) in Canadian securities in May, led by federal government bonds, following an upwardly revised C$46.92 billion total purchase in April, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
Canadian investors bought a net C$22.27 billion worth of foreign securities, led by purchases of U.S. shares.
Net foreign investment in Canadian securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
May Apr(rev) Apr(prev)
Total +7.897 +46.916 +46.913
Bonds +17.955 +48.639 +48.633
Stocks -16.085 +5.630 +5.633
Money markets -6.027 -7.353 -7.353
Net Canadian investment in foreign securities (blns of Canadian
dollars)
May Apr(rev) Apr(prev)
Total +22.265 -11.373 -11.364
Bonds +10.175 -8.398 -8.414
Stocks +10.997 -2.989 -2.965
Money markets +1.094 +0.014 +0.014
($1=$1.4025 Canadian)
(Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Promit Mukherjee) ((promit.mukherjee@tr.com))
Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/SECURITIES