Foreigners continued to invest in South Korean stocks in August, extending their buying streak to a fifth consecutive month although the amount of their net purchases slipped from a month earlier, the country's financial watchdog said Friday.
Offshore investors scooped up a net 2.5 trillion won (US$2.45 billion) worth of local shares last month, compared with a net purchase of 3.6 trillion won in the previous month, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).