TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) – Foreign investors remained netbuyers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on April 19, capital flows data showed on Thursday. Foreigners bought a net 705.6 billion yen worth of shares inthe week through Apr. 19, after buying a net 1,044.9 billion yenin the week before that. Japanese investors bought a net 223.7 billion yen of foreignbonds in the latest week after selling a net 511.9 billion yenthe week before. Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net) stocks bonds bills April 13 – April 19 +705.6 +1,000.7 +1,632.7 April 6 – April 12 +1,044.9r +2,310.7r +2,080.3
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills April 13 – April 19 +610.4 +223.7 +269.2 April 6 – April 12 +235.8r -511.9r +231.3 March 30 – April 5 +1,793.4 -2,572.6r +114.4
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
((tokyo.markets@thomsonreuters.com)(+81-3-6441-1872)) – Older weekly data are omitted if there are no revisions