Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canadians dumped C$2.71 billion ($2.63 billion) of foreign bonds in August, mostly two-year U.S. government bonds, and bought the same amount in foreign stocks, Statistics Canada said on Monday. Sixty percent of the stock purchases were outside the United States. Foreigners, meanwhile, added C$5.08 billion in Canadian securities, mostly in bonds.
Net foreign investment in Canadian securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
Aug July(rev) July(prev)
Total +5.082 +0.370 +0.351
Bonds +4.510 +3.569 +3.573
Stocks +1.689 +0.634 +0.612
Money markets -1.118 -3.834 -3.834
Net Canadian investment in foreign securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
Aug July(rev) July(prev)
Total +0.112 +0.590 +0.526
Bonds +2.708 +0.689 +0.625
Stocks -2.707 -0.824 -0.824
Money markets +0.111 +0.725 +0.725
(A minus sign indicates an outflow of money from Canada, for instance a withdrawal of foreign investment from Canada or an increase in Canadian investment abroad.)
($1=$1.03 Canadian)
LINK
* Statistics Canada report
http://statcan.gc.ca/Daily/English/091019/td091019.htm
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Net foreign investment in Canadian securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
Aug July(rev) July(prev)
Total +5.082 +0.370 +0.351
Bonds +4.510 +3.569 +3.573
Stocks +1.689 +0.634 +0.612
Money markets -1.118 -3.834 -3.834
Net Canadian investment in foreign securities (blns of Canadian dollars)
Aug July(rev) July(prev)
Total +0.112 +0.590 +0.526
Bonds +2.708 +0.689 +0.625
Stocks -2.707 -0.824 -0.824
Money markets +0.111 +0.725 +0.725
(A minus sign indicates an outflow of money from Canada, for instance a withdrawal of foreign investment from Canada or an increase in Canadian investment abroad.)
($1=$1.03 Canadian)
LINK
* Statistics Canada report
http://statcan.gc.ca/Daily/English/091019/td091019.htm
(Reporting by Louise Egan) (louise.egan@thomsonreuters.com; +1 613-235-6745; Reuters Messaging: louise.egan.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.