TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Foreign investors were net buyers of 426.5 bln yen worth of Japanese shares traded on the first and second sections of the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges in the week to May 2, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said.
In the previous week, they were net buyers of 189.6 bln yen worth of shares.
The stock exchange provided the following net transaction levels for the week to April 27, compared with week-earlier figures:
Individual investors - sell 199.4 bln yen vs sell 101.9 bln yen
Dealers - sell 4.0 bln yen vs sell 15.0 bln yen
Mutual funds - buy 7.6 bln yen vs buy 18.8 bln yen
Financial institutions - sell 131.2 bln yen vs sell 16.4 bln yen
Corporate investors - sell 41.9 bln yen vs sell 34.8 bln yen