Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Merck Co., up$ 6.29 to$ 81.40. The drugmaker said its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus. Zoom Video Communications Inc., up$ 6.06 to$ 267.56. The company and Five9 called off their planned deal after failing to win approval from Five9 shareholders. Lordstown Motors Corp., down$ 1.46 to$ 6.52. The startup electric truck company plans to sell a l

TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp sold roughly US$ 14bil( RM59. 34bil) worth of listed stocks last quarter, nearly triple the amount in the previous period, as the company increases pace of investment in technology startups. The company probably raised over US$ 6bil( RM25. 43bil) liquidating its holdings in Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Salesforce. com Inc and Netflix Inc in the three months ended June 30, according to Bloomberg calculations based on data disclosed by SoftBank in quarterl