JOHANNESBURG, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Foreigners bought a net 1.2 billion
rand ($143.14 million) worth of South African bonds but sold 306 million rand of
stocks last week, according to data released by the exchange operator JSE Ltd
.
Below are tables outlining purchases, sales and net purchases for the week,
for the same period in 2010, for the year-to-date in 2011 and the year-to-date
last year.
All figures are in billions of rand.
Bonds
Week ended Week ended Yr to date Yr to date
15/12/2011 17/12/2010 2011 2010
Purchases 17.5 6.9 885.4 715.9
Sales 16.3 7.5 836.6 649.8
Net Purchases 1.2 -0.6 48.8 66.0
Equities
Week ended Week ended Yr to date Yr to date
15/12/2011 17/12/2010 2011 2010
Purchases 8.5 9.6 449.8 476.4
Sales 8.8 9.2 466.7 441.1
Net Purchases -0.3 0.5 -16.9 35.2
($1 = 8.3836 South African rand)
(Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa)
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