TOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained net
buyers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on May 9, capital
flows data showed on Thursday.
Foreigners bought a net 1,437.5 billion yen worth of shares in
the week through May. 9, after buying a net 301.5 billion yen
in the week before that.
Japanese investors bought a net 1,640.7 billion yen of foreign
bonds in the latest week after buying a net 2,406.4 billion yen
the week before.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:
(net)
stocks bonds bills
May 3 - May 9 +1,437.5 +106.2 +367.9
April 26 - May 2 +301.5 +729.2 -1,316.1
April 19 - April 25 +811.7r -786.3r -1,105.5r
April 12 - April 18 +2,381.8r -294.7 +1,892.3
April 5 - April 11 +3,941.3r +706.9 -1,538.7
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:
(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
May 3 - May 9 -593.6 +1,640.7 -147.5
April 26 - May 2 -2,425.3 +2,406.4 +35.7
April 19 - April 25 +41.2 -887.7 -255.9r
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