📉Foreigners Net Sellers of Japan Stocks for 4th Month
Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks for the fourth consecutive month in February, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Thursday.
In the reporting period from Feb. 5 to Friday, foreigners posted a selling excess of 1,142,478 million yen, sharply up from the preceding month’s 477,331 million yen, according to the report on cash stock transactions via 51 brokerage firms on Japan’s two major stock exchanges–the TSE and the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
The TSE also said that overseas investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks for the eighth straight week last week, with their selling excess surging to 348,410 million yen from 113,235 million yen the previous week.
Following are breakdowns of stock transactions by investment group in millions of yen:
(Feb. 5-March 2) (Jan. 4-Feb. 2)
Sell Buy Net Net
Foreigners 45,244,559 44,102,080 -1,142,478 -477,331
Individuals 11,913,298 13,161,588 1,248,289 34,941
(Among Institutions)
Trust Banks 182,016
Other Banks -14,782
Investment Trusts 181,695
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(Feb. 26-March 2) (Feb. 19-23)
Sell Buy Net Net
Foreigners 10,042,874 9,694,463 -348,410 -113,235
Individuals 2,834,390 3,170,307 335,917 81,515
(Among Institutions)
Trust Banks -26,797
Other Banks 4,304
Investment Trusts 43,502