Buffett takes Barrick Gold Stake, Dumps Goldman Sachs, Occidental Petroleum


Berkshire Hathaway by Warren Buffett (BRK.A) – Get report (BRK.B) – Get report holding company took a stake in Barrick Gold Corp. (GOLD) – Get report, while issuing or reducing holdings in shares of financial companies in the quarter ended July 1, according to a submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.

The submission showed that Berkshire had acquired 16,073,701 shares of Barrick during the period. Shares rose $ 1.94, or 7.2%, to $ 28.93 in trading after Friday.

Berkshire dumped his property in Goldman Sachs (GS) – Get report, and reduced their holdings in JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – Get report by 60% and in Wells Fargo (WFC) – Get report by 26%, according to the submission.

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