Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway re-gained its stake in Apple last quarter in a tech-driven sell-off, while the conglomerate exited Verizon, which it had owned for nearly two years. The parent company increased its bet on the iPhone maker to 894.8 million shares, valued at $122.3 billion at the end of June, according to its 13F quarterly filing released Monday night. Omaha-based Berkshire owned 890.9 million Apple shares at the end of the first quarter. The “Oracle of Omaha” also bought Apple stock, his biggest holding to date, in the first quarter during a time of high volatility. Buffett has previously called Apple one of the “big four” at Berkshire, and said he particularly likes CEO Tim Cook’s stock buyback strategy. Also in the second quarter, Berkshire sold its entire stake in Verizon, worth more than $70 million. It has owned telecommunications stock since Q3 2020. Here are the top 10 stocks in Berkshire’s massive stock portfolio at the end of Q2. Buffett continued to increase his stake in Chevron over the course of the year. second quarter. The bet is now worth $23.3 billion, making it Berkshire’s fourth-largest holding. The integrated oil producer has significantly outperformed the broader market, gaining more than 30% so far this year. Berkshire also slightly increased its stake in Activision Blizzard last quarter, pushing the stake to its 10th largest holding. Buffett previously said during Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting that he would buy more Activision stock. to make a merger arbitrage game, betting that Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the video game company will in fact end.