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Foreign brokers place net Japan stock sell orders

Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:32pm EDT

TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Orders for Japanese stocks placed through 13 foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Monday showed an intention to sell a net 2.2 million shares, market sources said.

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There were sell orders for 23.2 million shares and buy orders for 21 million, they said. (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)



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