Foreign investors sold 647.6 million dollars of equities during the week of 4 September, according to weekly securities statistics released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT).
Capital shifts across domestic assets
Non-residents also offloaded 23.8 million dollars of non-general-government sector debt securities during the same weekly period. Equities bore the heaviest outflows.
Foreign investors diverged in the sovereign debt market by purchasing 156.7 million dollars of government domestic debt securities, while selling both private corporate debt and domestic equities during the week of 4 September.
Shifts in total portfolio stock
The total equity stock held by non-residents fell from 43,263.9 million dollars to 40,908.9 million dollars in the week of 4 September. That stock lost billions.
The portfolio value of government domestic debt securities held by non-residents rose from 17,834.2 million dollars prior to the week of 4 September to 18,058.9 million dollars by the end of that weekly period, reflecting steady foreign net inflows into domestic sovereign issuance.
The stock of non-general-government sector debt securities held by non-residents decreased from 4,498.6 million dollars to 4,458.3 million dollars over the same reporting week. Private debt holdings shrank.
