Japan's SoftBank Group is set to make a quarterly net profit of 234 billion yen ($1.54 billion) on Wednesday as shares in its telecommunications holdings edge up and the post-listing performance of Swiggy is seen boosting the value of its portfolio of unlisted technology startups.

SoftBank Group posted a surprise quarterly loss Wednesday and the Japanese company's revenue also missed analysts' estimates.

Group, a major Japanese technology investor, reported a surprising net loss of 369.2 billion yen ($2.4 billion) for the October-December quarter.

Japan's SoftBank Group booked a surprise $2.4 billion quarterly loss on Wednesday, hit by a decline in the value of e-commerce platform Coupang and other tech companies held by its Vision Fund investment arm.