There was a net inflow of foreign investment to the Brazilian stock market of BRL 8,961,674,978.30 through May 9. This figure includes purchases of international investors in the public offerings, which amounted to BRL 5,019,927,049.30, and the net trading value at BOVESPA, which has also registered an inflow of BRL 2,373,104,131.00.
In the first 10 days of May, the balance of foreign investors' trades on BOVESPA is positive, amounting to BRL 2,147,404,763.00. This value corresponds to the result from purchases worth BRL 17,669,090,374.00 less sales of BRL 15,521,685,611.00.
The participation of foreign investors in public offerings, including IPOs, accounted for 49.4% of a total of BRL 13,350,536,658.50 for trades with closing announcements published by May 13, 2008.
