Berkshire buys shares of Google parent Alphabet, sells more Apple

(Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway on Friday revealed a ​$4.3 billion stake in ‌Google parent Alphabet and said it further reduced ‌its stake in Apple, detailing its equity portfolio for the last time before Warren Buffett ends his ⁠60-year ‌run as chief executive.

In a filing with the U.S.‍ Securities and Exchange Commission, Berkshire said it owned 17.85 million ​Alphabet shares as of September 30.

Berkshire ‌lowered its Apple stake to 238.2 million shares from 280 million in the third quarter, and has now sold nearly three-quarters ⁠of the 905 ​million shares it once ​held.

The filing listed Berkshire’s U.S.-listed stock holdings ‍as ⁠of September 30, which comprised most of the conglomerate’s ⁠$283.2 billion equity portfolio.

(Reporting by ‌Jonathan Stempel in New YorkEditing ‌by Matthew Lewis)