Foreigners net buyers of S.African assets last week MyZA

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Foreigners bought a net 1.3 billion rand ($161
million) of South African shares and 1.2 billion rand in local bonds last week, data from
exchange operator JSE Ltd showed on Tuesday.	
    Below are tables outlining purchases, sales and net purchases for the week, for the same
period in 2010, for the year-to-date and the year-to-date in 2010.	
    Figures are in billions of rand.	
    	
    Equities       	
             Week ended  Week ended  Year-to-date  Year-to-date
             30/12/2011  31/12/2010          2011          2010
 Purchases          3.7         3.5         463.0         485.5
 Sales              2.4         2.7         480.2         449.1
 Net Purchases      1.3         0.8         -17.2          36.4
    	
    Bonds        	
             Week ended  Week ended  Year-to-date  Year-to-date
             30/12/2011  31/12/2010          2011          2010
 Purchases          1.7         3.1         897.7         722.2
 Sales              0.5         6.3         848.6         663.5
 Net Purchases      1.2        -3.1          49.2          58.6
    
($1 = 8.0734 South African rand)	
	
 (Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Ed Cropley)