Japan Investors Buy Most Foreign Stocks Since 2009
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Japanese investors boosted purchases of foreign stocks last week to the most since 2009 as bets the yen will weaken spurred buying outside their home market.
Investors bought a net 393.1 billion yen ($3.6 billion) of shares outside Japan in the week ended Sept. 26, according to finance ministry data published today. That was the most since the period ended Jan. 30, 2009, and compares with an average of 46.3 billion in net weekly purchases this year, the data show.