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TABLE-Foreigners continue to sell S.African assets

16 January 2012 By admin

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Offshore accounts continued to offload South African bonds and
equities during the second week of the year, selling 2.9 billion rand ($355.56 million) worth of
shares and 768 million rand in bonds, data from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange showed
on Monday.	
    Foreign accounts sold 473 million rand in local assets last week.	
    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.	
    	
     Equities         	
             	
              Week ended  Week ended  Year-to-date  Year-to-date 
              13/01/2012  14/01/2011          2012          2011 
 Purchases           8.4        12.7          14.9          20.7 
 Sales              11.3        10.2          17.8          17.1 
 Net Purchases      -2.9         2.4          -3.0           3.7 
 	
      	
    Bonds          	
              Week ended  Week ended  Year-to-date  Year-to-date 
              13/01/2012  14/01/2011          2012          2011 
 Purchases          12.8        15.7          19.2          28.4 
 Sales              13.6        22.6          20.4          34.9 
 Net Purchases      -0.8        -6.9          -1.1          -6.5 
 	
($1 = 8.1562 South African rand)	
	
 (Reporting by Xola Potelwa)

© Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved





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