MANILA: Philippine central bank on Thursday released data on net foreign portfolio investment in September. Net inflows Sept Aug July June May April March ($ mln) 112.63 -57.5 206.5 72.6 -24.4 51.5 -459.9 Foreign portfolio investment transactions in the nine months to September yielded net outflows of $206.25 million, compared with the $1.3 billion net inflow in the same period last year, the central bank said in a statement Net portfolio inflows of $112.6 million in September were a reversal of the $807 million net outflow in the same period a year ago. Four-fifths of portfolio inflows in September went to the stock market and the balance went to government bonds and peso time deposits. Philippine shares closed at a record high on Thursday. The United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Norway and Luxembourg were the top five investor countries for the month.
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