SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday it posted a net loss of 1.41 trillion yen ($9.3 billion) for the six months ended September, compared to a 129.1 billion yen loss it booked a year ago, due to a fall in the value of its investment portfolio.

Sales rose 1.4 percent from a year earlier to 3.23 trillion yen for the six months. The company does not release an earnings forecast.

==Kyodo

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