# United Kingdom IT: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) () was down 1.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 19.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,500.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −32.5% (Q2 2018) to 103.8% (Q2 2017), averaging 4.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAQF.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1984-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (140 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-acq-overseas-corporate-securities-ordinary-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,500.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,973.0 £m | 19.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,794.0 £m | −32.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 5,081.0 £m | −18.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,588.0 £m | 15.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,179.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 7,098.0 £m | 103.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 6,216.0 £m | 66.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,978.0 £m | 21.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,012.0 £m | 18.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,482.0 £m | −32.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,729.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,286.0 £m | −4.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 3,381.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 5,142.0 £m | 52.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,946.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,451.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,320.0 £m | 17.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,383.0 £m | −5.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 3,696.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,182.0 £m | −10.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,823.0 £m | −9.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,582.0 £m | 21.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 4,101.0 £m | 13.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAQF.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAQF.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```