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Foreign investors bought $451.1 million in Turkish government bonds
Foreign investors bought Turkish government bonds last week, according to figures from the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye.
Their purchases of domestic government debt securities totaled $451.1 million.
At the same time, they sold $248.2 million in shares and $479.7 million in securities issued outside the general government sector.
By the week of October 9, the value of their share holdings had fallen to $35.9 billion from $36.8 billion, while their government bond holdings rose to $17 billion.
Holdings of securities issued outside the general government sector fell to $3.1 billion from $3.6 billion.
The figures show a shift toward government debt, but do not say what investors will do next.
Foreign investors bought $451.1 million in Turkish government domestic debt securities last week.
They sold $248.2 million in shares and $479.7 million in securities issued by sectors outside general government.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye reported the figures in its weekly securities statistics.
For the week of October 9, foreign investors’ government debt securities holdings rose to $17.0423 billion from $16.6592 billion.
Their shareholdings fell to $35.9214 billion from $36.7916 billion.
- Who
- Foreign investors, described in the report as people resident abroad.
- What
- They bought $451.1 million in Turkish government domestic debt securities while selling shares and other securities.
- When
- Last week; the reported holdings figures are for the week of October 9.
- Where
- Türkiye.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Government debt securities bought
- $451.1 million
- Shares sold
- $248.2 million
- Other securities sold
- $479.7 million
- Government debt securities holdings
- Rose from $16.6592 billion to $17.0423 billion
- Shareholdings
- Fell from $36.7916 billion to $35.9214 billion