Foreigners Post 1st Net Buying in 2 Months in July .
Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Foreign investors turned net buyers of Japanese stocks for the first time in two months in July, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Thursday. In the reporting period from July 3 to Friday, foreigners posted net purchases of 129,513 million yen, against the preceding month’s selling excess of 239,688 million yen, according to the report on cash stock transactions via 52 brokerage firms on Japan’s two major stock exchanges–the TSE and the Nagoya Stock Exchange. In the period, the key 225-issue Nikkei average shed 73.59 points, or 0.37 pct, to 19,959.84. The TSE also said that overseas investors became net sellers of Japanese stocks for the first time in three weeks last week, with a selling excess of 128,293 million yen, against net buying of 86,108 million yen in the previous week. In the week, the Nikkei average fell 139.91 points, or 0.70 pct.
東証は8日、外人投資家らが7月、2カ月ぶりに買い越し
7月3日から金曜日の報告期間には、日本の主要証券会社52社による現金取引報告によると、外国人は前月の売り越し239,688百万円に対し、129,513百万円の純買い越し。 日経平均株価平均は73.59ポイント（0.37％）高の19,959.84となった。 東証はまた、先週3週連続で外人投資家が初めて日本株のネット売り手になったと発表した。売り越しは128,293百万円で、前週の8610.8百万株の純買いに比べて高水準になった。今週の日経平均株価は139.91ポイント（0.70％）下落した。