SoftBank shares up after Sprint says to be cash-flow positive next year

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> climbed in early trade on Tuesday after its unit Sprint Corp reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue and said it expected to be cash-flow positive next fiscal year after breaking even this year.

SoftBank, which has a majority stake in the No. 4 U.S. wireless carrier, rose as much as 4.7 percent to 5,460 yen.

(Reporting by Ayai Tomisawa; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)