-U.S. SEC says Citadel Securities ordered to pay $3.5 mln as penalty

Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that Citadel Securities LLC has been ordered to pay a penalty of $3.5 million for reporting incorrect trade execution data for about 80 million trades from November 2012 to August 2016. http://bit.ly/2L93lKp

Citadel Securities, which provides trading services to asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, and hedge funds, was not immediately available for a comment. (Reporting by Bhanu Pratap in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)