Bond purchases and stock sales by non-residents last week
According to Central Bank data, foreign investors focused on debt security purchases last week while selling stocks and private sector bonds.
According to the Weekly Securities Statistics data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, non-resident investors carried out transactions worth millions of dollars last week, purchasing government domestic debt securities (GDDS) while disposing of equities and private sector bonds.
Securities Statistics Announced
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey shared with the public the Weekly Securities Statistics report covering transactions carried out by non-resident persons.
Bond Purchases and Sales Transactions
According to the released data, non-resident persons made 451.1 million dollars worth of Government Domestic Debt Securities purchases last week, while selling 248.2 million dollars worth of equities in the same period. In addition, 479.7 million dollars worth of Sector Issues Outside the General Government were sold.
Changes in Stocks
The equity stock of non-resident persons declined from 36,791.6 million dollars to 35,921.4 million dollars in the week of October 9.
During the same period, the GDDS stock of foreigners rose from 16,659.2 million dollars to 17,042.3 million dollars, whereas the private sector bond stock declined from 3,565.1 million dollars to 3,072.8 million dollars.