Barclays: Chinese stocks witness record weekly inflows, while Japanese stocks record the largest outflow in 20 years.

In a memo published by the famous British bank Barclays on Friday, the bank's analysts reported that emerging market stocks experienced record inflows in the week ending last Wednesday, with Chinese stocks accounting for the largest portion of those inflows, according to data sourced from fund flow statistics and allocations provided by the financial research company EPFR. Barclays analysts explained that Chinese stocks recorded incoming inflows of $39 billion during the week ending last Wednesday, out of a total of $41 billion in inflows recorded by all emerging market stocks during that period. According to the Barclays memo, these inflows into Chinese stocks included $30 billion from domestic investors in China and $9 billion from foreign investors, both of which are also record levels for what Chinese stocks typically experience in terms of inflows. In contrast, Barclays analysts noted that investors shunned Japanese stocks during this period, as the Japanese stock market saw outflows of $9 billion in the week ending last Wednesday, marking the largest weekly outflow seen in the Japanese stock market in 20 years.