Canada: Foreign investment in Canadian securities amounted to $19.6 billion in November

"Foreign investment in Canadian securities amounted to $19.6 billion in November, mainly purchases of Canadian bonds," the Statistics Canada announced today.

Key highlights

Meanwhile, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $4.6 billion, following strong acquisitions in October.

Overall, foreign investors acquired Canadian debt securities but reduced their holdings of equities in the month.

Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $4.6 billion in November, the first divestment in four months. 

Canadian investors sold $4.2 billion of foreign equities in November, following an investment of $14.3 billion in October.

Record sales of $5.8 billion of US shares were moderated by purchases of non-US foreign shares in November.