FOREIGN portfolio investment of $409.01 million in net amount flowed out of the Philippines in February this year, the central bank said on Thursday.

Driving the hot money out were factors such as the closure of mining companies in the country while inflows from the US dwindled due to the new administration’s trade and immigration policies, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

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