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Foreign brokers place net Japan stock buy orders

Sun May 25, 2008 7:59pm EDT

TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Orders for Japanese stocks placed through 13 foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Monday showed an intention to buy a net 500,000 shares, market sources said.

Stocks  |  Global Markets

There were buy orders for 20 million shares and sell orders for 19.5 million, they said. (Reporting by Aiko Hayashi)



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