Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. (File photo / Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines – Foreign portfolio investments registered with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) through authorized banks recorded net outflows of US$27 million in June this year.
Data released by the BSP late Wednesday showed that the net outflows resulted from the US$1.1 billion gross outflows and the gross inflows of US$1.0 billion for the month.
The BSP said the net outflow in June was also a reversal from the US$43 million inflows recorded in May this year and the less than US$1 million net inflows posted in June 2023.
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The BSP said the US$1.0 billion registered investments went down by 1.0 percent from the US$1.1 billion recorded in May 2024 but higher than June last year’s US$889 million.
During the month, 52.8 percent or US$551 million of registered investments were in peso government securities.
The remaining 47.2 percent (US$492 million) were in Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)-listed securities most of which were investments made in holding firms, banks, transportation services, property, and electricity, energy, power and water.
“Investments for the month mostly came from the United Kingdom; the United States (US); Singapore; Luxembourg; and Switzerland with combined share to total at 86.9 percent,” said the BSP.
Gross outflows, meanwhile, went up from the US$1 billion in May and US$889 million recorded in June last year.
The BSP said the US remains to be the top destination of outflows, receiving US$597 million of total outward remittances.
For the first six months of the year, foreign investments registered with the BSP, through authorized agent banks, yielded net inflows of US$81 million, a turnaround from the US$804 million net outflows noted for the same period last year.