The volume of transactions with foreign securities in Canada, below forecasts for February

The volume of transactions with foreign securities in Canada amounted to 6,72 billion dollars in February, according to the Statistical Office of the country. A month earlier figure was 11.84 billion dollars, and in February projected decline to 8.95 billion dollars.

At the same time, the volume of purchases of foreign securities of Canadian investors totaled 3.9 billion dollars in February, the maximum outflow from March 2009.