June 16 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net C$46.91 billion ($33.48 billion) in Canadian securities in April, led by a record investment in federal government bonds, following a downwardly revised C$4.40 billion total purchase in March, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.
Canadian investors sold a net C$11.36 million worth of foreign securities, led by a sale of U.S. government bonds.
Net foreign investment in Canadian securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
Apr Mar(rev) Mar(prev)
Total +46.913 +4.402 +4.623
Bonds +48.633 +4.866 +4.838
Stocks +5.633 -4.084 -3.835
Money markets -7.353 +3.620 +3.620
Net Canadian investment in foreign securities (blns of Canadian
dollars)
Apr Mar(rev) Mar(prev)
Total -11.364 +3.863 +3.904
Bonds -8.414 +4.401 +4.401
Stocks -2.965 +1.857 +1.857
Money markets +0.014 -2.395 -2.354
($1=$1.4012 Canadian)
(Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Promit Mukherjee) ((promit.mukherjee@tr.com))
Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/SECURITIES