TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) - Foreign investors turned net
buyers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on June 20, capital
flows data showed on Thursday.
Foreigners bought a net 479.4 billion yen worth of shares in
the week through Jun. 20, after selling a net 785.2 billion yen
in the week before that.
Japanese investors bought a net 199.7 billion yen of foreign
bonds in the latest week after buying a net 382.5 billion yen
the week before.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:
(net)
stocks bonds bills
June 14 - June 20 +479.4 -1,057.3 +463.9
June 7 - June 13 -785.2r -530.9r -235.9r
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:
(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
June 14 - June 20 +426.8 +199.7 +174.0
June 7 - June 13 -418.6r +382.5r -224.2
May 31 - June 6 -953.2 +212.2r +42.3
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