📊Foreigners Net Sellers of Japanese Stocks for 5th Week.
Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks for the fifth consecutive week last week, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Friday.
On Feb. 5-9, overseas investors posted net selling of 644,605 million yen, up sharply from the previous week’s 352,572 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.
Following is a breakdown of stock transactions by investment group in millions of yen:
(Feb. 5-9) (Jan. 29-Feb. 2)
Sell Buy Net Net
Foreigners 16,153,832 15,509,227 -644,605 -352,572
Individuals 4,018,563 4,764,367 745,804 273,323
(Among Institutions)
Trust Banks 91,715
Other Banks 8,310
Investment Trusts 105,192
JIJI PRESS