📉Foreigners Net Sellers of Japan Stocks for 5th Month

📉Foreigners Net Sellers of Japan Stocks for 5th Month

Tokyo, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks for the fifth straight month in March, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Thursday.

In the reporting period from March 5 to Friday, foreigners posted a selling excess of 997,574 million yen, down from the preceding month’s 1,142,478 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 buyers of Japanese stocks for the first time in 12 weeks last week, with their buying excess standing at 4,846 million yen against the preceding week’s selling excess of 454,128 million yen.

Following are breakdowns of stock transactions by investment group in millions of yen:

(March 5-30) (Feb. 5-March 2)

Sell Buy Net Net

Foreigners 37,532,316 36,534,741 -997,574 -1,142,478

Individuals 9,951,248 10,355,999 404,751 1,248,289

(Among Institutions)

Trust Banks 31,990

Other Banks -73,114

Investment Trusts 201,741

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(March 26-30) (March 19-23)

Sell Buy Net Net

Foreigners 9,846,927 9,851,774 4,846 -454,128

Individuals 2,659,316 2,620,459 -38,856 447,865

(Among Institutions)

Trust Banks 956

Other Banks -29,611

Investment Trusts 76,997

JIJI PRESS

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