NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission is "not currently contemplating" a
short-selling ban, an agency official told Reuters on Wednesday,
as worries over bank soundness hit share prices.
Shares of mid-sized U.S. lenders gave back early gains in
volatile trading on Wednesday, following a two-day rout sparked
by the collapse of First Republic Bank, the third bank to fail
since March.
(Reporting by Chris Prentice; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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