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By Liz Moyer
Investing.com — Citigroup Inc (NYSE:) shares surged 8% on Tuesday after a regulatory filing late Monday by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:) revealed the conglomerate had taken a 55 million-share stake last quarter.
The stake was valued at nearly $3 billion at the end of March.
Buffett has long been a fan of bank and financial stocks. Still Berkshire exited out of a long-time position in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:) in the first quarter after gradually whittling away at it for three years.
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:) and American Express Company (NYSE:) remain stock holdings and currently rank among Berkshire’s largest. It also took on a new stake in Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:), valued around $390 million.
Citi shares have lagged behind other financials, down nearly 15% this year and about 33% over one year.
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