LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Shares in Lloyds Banking Group hit a 3-year high on Tuesday amid speculation theBritish government could start selling down its 39 percentshareholding later this month.
Sources familiar with the matter said the government isreviewing an imminent share sale if it can sell the shares atabove the average buy-in price of 73.6 pence. One of the sourcessaid a sale could come in the next 7 to 10 days.
Shares in Lloyds hit a high of 77.78 pence and were tradingat 77.67 pence at 0716 GMT, up 1.1 percent.
(Reporting by Matt Scuffham; Editing by Steve Slater)