According to the CBT data, the stock market enjoyed a strong foreign fund inflow during the week of March 8, whereas Eurobonds suffered outflows and the bond market saw a relatively limited inflow compared to previous weeks.

_Foreign investors added USD 147mn to their local bond accounts during the week of March 8, after the USD 741mn of inflows registered in the preceding week. Cumulative inflows to the bond market remain strong so far this month at USD 3.9bn.

_Meanwhile, the equity market enjoyed a generous USD 295mn in inflows during the week of March 8. This came after the USD 99mn inflows observed in the preceding week. Y-t-d there have been USD 263mn in net inflows into the equity market.

_On the contrary, there was USD 198mn in outflows from the Eurobond market, which carried the y-t-d inflow figure to a measly USD 68mn.

_Finally, for the swap market, which can be indirectly monitored via banks' off- balance sheet FX positions, we observe that there was a net inflow of USD 185mn during the week of March 8. However, this has failed to reverse the current outflow trend. Albeit attracting a net USD 2.9bn y-t-d, foreign investors have been curbing their swap positions recently as the cumulative outflow reached USD 1.9bn over the last four weeks.

Source: bne