Foreign capital has drained from the domestic stock market for nine consecutive months. In contrast, investments in bonds have continued for three months. Considering both stocks and bonds, the outflow of funds totals 2.33 trillion won.
The Financial Supervisory Service publicly disclosed the '2025 April foreign securities investment trends' on the 16th, noting that "last month, foreigners net sold listed shares worth 13.69 trillion won and net invested 11.25 trillion won in listed bonds."
Foreigners have been pulling out funds from the stock market for nine consecutive months since August of last year. Consequently, the proportion of domestic listed shares held by foreigners has decreased. In the past four months, foreigners accounted for 26.5% of the domestic stock market, a decrease of 0.8% from 27.3% the previous month.
By country, the United Kingdom recorded the largest net selling at 8.94 trillion won, followed by the United States with 1.46 trillion won and Singapore with 788 billion won. Ireland had a net buying of 39 billion won, while Norway and the Virgin Islands net bought 75 billion won and 55 billion won, respectively.
While foreigners are leaving the stock market, funds are being attracted to the bond market. Last month, foreigners net purchased bonds worth 15.51 trillion won and received 4.25 trillion won in maturities. The net investment amount is 11.25 trillion won. The cumulative balance stands at 289.6 trillion won, with 10.9% of the listed bond balance being foreign funds.
By type of bond, there were net purchases of 11.2 trillion won in Government Bonds and 200 billion won in currency stabilization securities. By remaining maturity, foreigners net purchased 32 billion won for maturities over five years, 65 billion won for 1 to 5 years, and 16 billion won for under one year.