Foreigners Net Stock Buyers For 6th Straight Month

Overseas investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks for the sixth straight month in March, with purchases exceeding sales by roughly 1.18 trillion yen, according to the International Transactions in Securities report by Ministry of Finance. They purchased 28.27 trillion yen worth of Japanese stocks, with sales totaling 27.09 trillion yen. They also were net buyers of medium and long term Japanese bonds for the third straight month with purchases exceeding sales by 498.7 billion yen, while being net sellers of short-term Japanese bonds with sales exceeding purchases by 2.33 trillion yen.