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(Bloomberg) -- Individual Japanese investors welcomed the first trading week of the year by snapping up the largest amount of the nation’s stocks in nine months.
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Undeterred by declines of about 2% in Japan’s benchmark equity gauges and uncertainty fueled by Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House, retail investors purchased a combined ¥819.3 billion ($5.3 billion) of cash and futures in the week through Jan. 10. That’s the most since April 2024, according to data from Japan Exchange Group Inc.
This comes in part as individuals have been putting money into their investments via the Nippon Individual Savings Account system. An annual investment limit for the tax exemption scheme starts a new cycle upon the new year.
“The impact of the new NISA is significant,” said Jumpei Tanaka, head of investment strategy at Pictet Asset Management in Japan. “Purchases by newly turned 18-year olds and those who have gained additional investment limits may have pushed up the amount of purchases by individual investors.”
On the flipside, foreign investors sold a net ¥488.5 billion of Japanese cash stocks and futures during the same week, the Japan Exchange Group data show.
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