Citigroup shares break NYSE one-day volume record
Wed Aug 5, 2009 5:46pm EDT
NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A record 347 million Citigroup Inc (C.N) shares traded hands on Wednesday, surpassing by far the New York Stock Exchange's one-day single-stock volume peak logged only last week, the exchange said after markets closed.
Shares of Citigroup, which also set the previous two volume records, closed up 10.2 percent at $3.58 Wednesday. The bank launched its $2.5-billion five-year note sale earlier in the day. [ID:nN05270403]
In the previous two records, Citigroup logged volumes of 142 million shares on July 31, and 106 million shares on July 29, the Big Board said in an e-mail. Eight of the last 10 records happened this year.
"The final trade went smoothly, with dozens of brokers in the crowd, providing color to customers," said NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) spokesman Ray Pellecchia, adding the last Citigroup trade on Wednesday was 4 cents higher than the second-to-last. (Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing Bernard Orr) |