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The Central Bank on Friday said foreign inflows to both the debt and equity markets continue to improve.
It said foreign investments in the government securities market recorded a significant net inflow in September amounting to $ 39 million, while cumulative net inflow amounted to $ 54 million to the government securities market during January-September 2022.
Foreign inflows to the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), including primary and secondary market transactions, recorded a significant net inflow of $ 41 million in September 2022.
On a cumulative basis, the CSE, including primary and secondary market transactions, recorded a net inflow of foreign investments amounting to $ 138 million during the nine months ending September 2022.
In the corresponding period of last year there was an outflow of $ 215 million.
As per CSE data, in October net foreign inflows amounted to around $ 7 million and in the first 10 months the rupee value was Rs. 18 billion.
