Last month, when the Nikkei Stock Average rose more than 2,800 yen in one month, hitting a new high since the bubble era of 1990, the amount foreign investors bought in Japanese stocks exceeded the amount they sold by more than 2 trillion yen. It turns out that there was a significant net purchase that exceeded that of the previous year.

According to a summary of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the amount of stock purchases by foreign investors on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges last month exceeded the amount sold by 2,069.3 billion yen, resulting in a significant net purchase.



This is the first time since May of last year, when the Nikkei Stock Average recovered to the 30,000 yen level, that the monthly net buying amount of foreign investors exceeded 2 trillion yen.



In the Tokyo market last month, the Nikkei Stock Average rose by more than 2,800 yen in one month, frequently hitting new highs since the bubble era of 1990, the largest monthly increase in three years and two months. I did.



A market source said, ``This shows that buying by foreign investors was behind the rise in stock prices.''The reason for the large net buying by foreign investors was that ``This is due to the strong performance of


Japanese companies.'' In addition to heightened expectations for the realization of a virtuous cycle of wages and prices


, there was also a movement to move capital away from the Chinese stock market, where stock prices continued to decline due to the real estate recession.



On the other hand, last month, domestic individual investors sold stocks for an amount that exceeded the amount they bought by approximately 937 billion yen, and there was a movement in the market to lock in profits against the backdrop of rising stock prices. It is accepted as something.