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By Wallace Witkowski
BAC C JPM WFC
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Four of the largest U.S. banks accounted for more than 1 billion shares trading hands Monday on the fourth-largest volume trading day ever for NYSE-listed stocks. Bank of America Corp. BAC -1.99% saw about 667 million of its shares exchange hands, compared with an average volume of 174.7 million shares. Citigroup Inc. C -0.78% had about 139 million shares trade hands, compared with an average daily volume of 41 million shares. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM -0.47% share volume reached 104 million shares compared with an average daily volume of 36.2 million shares. Finally, Wells Fargo & Co. WFC -0.44% had about 103 million of its shares trade hands, compared with an average daily volume of 37 million. On Monday, NYSE-listed shares had their fourth-heaviest trading volume in history with 9.71 billion shares trading hands. Shares of the banks shed from 9% to 20% on the day.
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