JOHANNESBURG, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Offshore accounts continued to buy South
African bonds and sell equities last week, purchasing 3 billion rand ($357.10
million) worth of local debt and selling 1.9 billion rand in shares, data from
the Johannesburg Stock Exchange showed on Tuesday.
Below are tables outlining purchases, sales and net purchases for the week,
for the same period in 2011, for the year-to-date and the year-to-date in 2011.
Bonds
Week ended Week ended Year-to-date Year-to-date
31/08/2012 02/09/2011 2012 2011
Purchases 17.5 16.2 700.2 644.3
Sales 14.4 16.6 634.1 591.7
Net Purchases 3.0 -0.4 66.2 52.6
Equities
Week ended Week ended Year-to-date Year-to-date
31/08/2012 02/09/2011 2012 2011
Purchases 7.9 10.4 339.9 317.7
Sales 9.8 8.5 342.8 325.2
Net Purchases -1.9 -1.9 -2.9 -7.5
($1 = 8.38 South African rand)
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa)
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