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SoftBank Shares Fall as Much as 11% After Quarterly Loss

SoftBank shares touched ¥3,465 in Tokyo after its quarterly loss, drawing attention to the cost of financing its artificial intelligence investments.

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Tokyo, 11 November 2026 – SoftBank Group Corp. shares fell as much as 11% in Wednesday trading, touching ¥3,465 after the Japanese technology investor reported a ¥1.115 trillion quarterly loss attributable to owners of the parent. The 10 November results reversed a ¥2.502 trillion profit a year earlier. Wednesday’s low was an intraday price, not the closing level.

The sell-off matters beyond SoftBank because the group finances artificial intelligence investments across private companies, listed holdings and data-centre infrastructure. The market move shows a sharp repricing of SoftBank shares after the results. It does not show that the value of every company it owns fell by the same amount, nor does it establish how much of the decline was due to any one item in the earnings report.

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