TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net
178.9 billion yen ($1.9 billion) of Japanese stocks last week,
capital flows data from Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on
Thursday.
Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen).
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net)
stocks bonds bills
May 24-30 178.9 -219.9 358.4
May 17-23 4.8r -271.5r -536.9
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (a minus sign indicates net selling
and inflows of funds into Japan)
stocks bonds bills
May 24-30 137.6 982.0 -66.3
May 17-23 76.8 641.1 79.4
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.
(Reporting by Rika Otsuka; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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