Warren Buffett lifts stake in Tesco

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett has raised his stake in supermarket group Tesco to over 3 percent, according to a regulatory filing published on Thursday.

Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway has bought around 2 million shares in the world's third biggest retailer to take its stake to 242 million, or 3.02 percent of the total, the filing showed.

At 11:25 a.m. British time Tesco's shares were up 1.4 percent at 401.85 pence, among the top risers in the FTSE-100 index.