Shares of Sony Corp ( id="symbol_6758.T_0">6758.T) climbed 14 percent on Wednesday in Tokyo trade after hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb on Tuesday called on the electronics company to list its entertainment unit.
_0">Sony jumped 14 percent to 2,146 yen and was the third most traded stock on the board by turnover.
Loeb said his Third Point hedge fund had accumulated a little more than 6 percent of Sony's shares - a stake worth $1.1 billion - making it the largest stakeholder in the inventor of the Walkman portable music player and Trinitron TV.
(Reporting by Ayai Tomisawa; Editing by Edwina Gibbs and Edmund Klamann)