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Citigroup Urging SEC to Bring Back Short-Selling Ban


Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc., which fell 26 percent in New York trading today, is seeking to revive a prohibition on short-selling financial stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal said Citigroup is considering a sale of the company.

The New York-based bank has discussed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and lawmakers its proposal to reinstitute the ban on bets that stock prices will fall, said the person, who declined to be identified because the discussions werenâ?Tt public. Citigroup declined $1.69 to a 15-year low of $4.71 on the New York Stock Exchange at 4:15 p.m.

Buffeted by four straight quarterly losses, New York-based Citigroup has raised about $75 billion since December by selling assets and equity stakes, including a $25 billion injection from the U.S. Treasury. The government will do whatever it takes to stabilize Citigroup, including pouring more money into the company, because of the threat its failure would pose to the global economy, said Peter Wallison, a fellow at the Washington- based American Enterprise Institute.

â?oThere is no question that Citigroup will not be allowed to fail,â? said Wallison, who was Treasury Department general counsel under former President Ronald Reagan. â?oI would not think it is a good idea to restore the ban on short selling,â? he said.