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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Foreign Investors Net Buyers Of Japanese Stocks Last Week
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks last week for the second week running, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday.
Foreigners bought a net Y159.01 billion worth of shares listed on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges in the week ended Aug. 4. That was much smaller than in the previous week, when non-resident investors bought Y252.41 billion worth of shares on a net basis.
For the latest week, foreigners accounted for Y4.431 trillion of purchases against Y4.272 trillion of sales.