TABLE-Foreign investors sold Japan stocks last week

Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:32pm EST

 TOKYO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Foreign investors sold a net 239.3
billion yen ($2.77 billion) of Japanese stocks last week, capital
flows data from Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on Friday.
 Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen).
  FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net)
               stocks           bonds            bills
  Nov 15-Nov 21   -239.3           -94.3             934.2
  Nov 8-Nov 14      21.0r           31.8r           -451.6
  JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (a minus sign indicates net selling
and inflows of funds into Japan)
               stocks           bonds            bills
  Nov 15-Nov 21    -23.4          -190.7              72.5
  Nov 8-Nov 14     -46.7           757.9r            108.5
   Note:
  - "r" notes revised figure
  - As of January 2005, the ministry changed its calculation
methods for weekly capital flows to match its Balance of Payments
figures and previous data are not directly comparable.
  - Bonds include beneficiary certificates.
  - Figures are based on contracts and are rounded.
  The MOF's capital flows data can be found in English at:
 here
 The MOF's portfolio flows data can be found in English at:
 here     
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 ($1=86.39 Yen)
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