Berkshire Buys Shares of Alphabet and Further Pares Apple Stake

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added Google parent company, Alphabet GOOGL -0.78%decrease; red down pointing triangle, to its portfolio during the third quarter and further shrunk its stake in Apple.

The Omaha, Neb., company disclosed its stockholdings in a regulatory filing Friday afternoon. Shares of Alphabet gained 1.9% in after-hours trading.