TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained net
sellers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on July 4, capital
flows data showed on Thursday.
Foreigners sold a net 22.2 billion yen worth of shares in
the week through Jul. 4, after selling a net 1,817.5 billion yen
in the week before that.
Japanese investors sold a net 218.1 billion yen of foreign
bonds in the latest week after selling a net 277.5 billion yen
the week before.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:
(net)
stocks bonds bills
June 28 - July 4 -22.2 -5.9 +23.7
June 21 - June 27 -1,817.5r -502.3r -2,400.6r
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:
(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
June 28 - July 4 +824.5 -218.1 -124.3
June 21 - June 27 +147.8r -277.5r +279.8
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