Foreigners buy C$40.83 bln in Canadian securities in June

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net C$40.83 billion ($29.46 billion) in Canadian securities in June, led by federal government bonds, following an upwardly revised C$8.80 billion total purchase in May, Statistics Canada said on Monday. Canadian investors bought a net C$35.43 billion worth of foreign securities, led by purchases of U.S. corporate shares. Net foreign investment in Canadian securities (blns of Canadian dollars) Jun May(rev) May(prev) Total +40.828 +8.799 +7.897 Bonds +34.586 +18.856 +17.955 Stocks +0.901 -16.084 +16.085 Money markets +5.341 +6.027 +6.027 Net Canadian investment in foreign securities (blns of Canadian dollars) Jun May(rev) May(prev) Total +35.432 +21.890 +22.265 Bonds +5.278 +10.285 +10.175 Stocks +28.524 +10.511 +10.997 Money markets +1.630 +1.094 +1.094 ($1=$1.3861 Canadian) (Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Promit Mukherjee) ((promit.mukherjee@tr.com)) Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS