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2026-09-17 20:52:10
[Foreign Investors Net Buy Canadian Securities in July, Canadian Investors Net Sell Overseas Securities] ⑴ Statistics Canada data shows that foreign investors made net purchases of approximately C$20.7 billion in Canadian securities in July, primarily driven by federal government bonds, compared to a revised net purchase of approximately C$41.3 billion in June. ⑵ Breaking it down, foreign investors made net purchases of approximately C$25.3 billion in Canadian bonds and approximately C$7.2 billion in equities in July, while net selling of money market instruments amounted to approximately C$11.9 billion. ⑶ Canadian investors made net sales of approximately C$30.6 billion in overseas securities in July, mainly driven by record-breaking selling of US stocks, with a smaller reduction in US Treasury holdings. ⑷ Breaking it down, Canadian investors made net sales of approximately C$31.8 billion in overseas equities in July, with a slight net sale of bonds of approximately C$100 million, and net purchases of money market instruments of approximately C$1.2 billion.
