TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Foreign investors turned net
sellers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on May 30, capital
flows data showed on Thursday.
Foreigners sold a net 491.2 billion yen worth of shares in
the week through May. 30, after buying a net 1,079.7 billion yen
in the week before that.
Japanese investors sold a net 184.8 billion yen of foreign
bonds in the latest week after buying a net 12.9 billion yen
the week before.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:
(net)
stocks bonds bills
May 24 - May 30 -491.2 +1,245.8 +494.7
May 17 - May 23 +1,079.7r +1,350.2r -2,133.3r
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:
(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
May 24 - May 30 -1,072.0 -184.8 +32.0
May 17 - May 23 -367.8r +12.9r -122.1
May 10 - May 16 +41.4 +773.0r +57.7r
April 26 - May 2 -2,425.2r +2,406.4 +35.7
Notes:
- An "r" denotes a revised figure.
- Bonds include beneficiary certificates.
- Figures are based on contracts and are rounded.
- The MOF's capital flows data can be found in English at:
http://www.mof.go.jp/international_policy/reference/itn_transactions_in_securities/week.pdf
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- Older weekly data are omitted if there are no revisions