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According to the statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, on 30 June 2019, investment of Macao residents (including individuals, the government and other legal entities but excluding Macao’s foreign exchange reserves) in securities issued by unrelated non-residents reached MOP808.3 billion at current market value, representing a rise of 19.5% from end-2018 or 17.2% from end-June 2018. Among the various instruments of portfolio investment, equity securities (including mutual funds and investment trust units), long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities were valued at MOP269.2 billion, MOP508.9 billion and MOP30.2 billion respectively. As compared with end-2018, equity securities, long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities rose by 17.5%, 18.8% and 57.8% respectively.
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