Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:02:06 GMT
U.K. government sells stake in Lloyds bank
The government of the United Kingdom announced a sale of its stake in the county's biggest mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc for 3.2 billion pounds. About 6% or 4.28 billion shares of the bank were sold, while the price per share reached 75 pence. Despite that, the U.K. government still owns a stake in another bank, the RBS Group,