Foreign brokers place net Japan stock sell orders

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TOKYO Aug 1 (Reuters) - Orders for Japanese stocks placed through 13 foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Friday showed an intention to sell a net 21.6 million shares, market sources said.

There were sell orders for 44 million shares and buy orders for 22.4 million, they said. (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)