Canada: Foreign investment in securities totalled $9.8 bln in Aug, down from $24.0 billion in July

"Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $9.8 billion in August, down from $24.0 billion in July," the Statistics Canada reported on Monday.

Key highlights:

• At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $12.0 billion, led by purchases of US corporate instruments.
• As a result, international transactions in securities generated a net outflow of funds of $2.2 billion from the Canadian economy in the month.