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Foreign brokers place net Japan stock buy orders

Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:34pm EST

TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Orders for Japanese stocks placed through 13 foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Wednesday showed an intention to buy a net 900,000 shares, market sources said.

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There were buy orders for 10.6 million shares and sell orders for 9.7 million, they said. (Reporting by Aiko Hayashi)



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