[Tokyo 26th Reuters]–The Bank of Japan bought 50.1 billion yen of ordinary ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the 26th. The purchase in February is only today, and the monthly purchase amount will be the lowest level since October 2015 (33.6 billion yen).
TOPIX on the 26th was 1.92% lower than the previous business day. Until now, there has been widespread observation among market participants that the BOJ will purchase ETFs when the TOPIX in the previous market falls by 0.5% or more. In this month’s trading, TOPIX on the previous day was 0.54% lower on the 18th, 0.76% lower on the 19th, and 0.89% lower on the 24th, but the Bank of Japan has not purchased any of them. ..
The Bank of Japan purchased J-REITs for 1.2 billion yen, the same amount as the previous 17th, and ETFs of companies that are actively investing in equipment and human resources purchased the same amount of 1.2 billion yen as the previous 25th.
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