Chinese stocks post record weekly inflows, Japan has biggest outflow in 20 years

LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging market shares posted record inflows in the week to Wednesday, Barclays said, citing data from EPFR, led by record inflows in Chinese stocks.

Chinese stocks saw inflows of $39 billion, Barclays said, made up of $30 billion inflows from domestic investors and $9 billion from foreign investors, both records.

That accounted for most of the $41 billion flow into emerging market stocks.

Investors shunned Japan, with Japanese stocks posting $9 billion in outflows, their biggest weekly outflow in 20 years, Barclays said.