Prosus and Naspers deny report they are in talks to sell Tencent stake
TECHNOLOGY investment firm Prosus NV and its South African parent Naspers rejected as "untrue" a report that they are in talks to sell their large stake in Chinese software and gaming giant Tencent. In a pre-market statement, Amsterdam-based Prosus said an article in Asian Tech Press citing unnamed sources saying that Naspers was in talks with a group of investors led by state-backed CITIC of China to sell its entire Tencent stake was "speculative and untrue". Prosus holds a 28% stake in Tencent worth $70 billion at current prices. It has said it intends to sell the stake down gradually to…