[US bank institutional clients sell US stocks for the first time in three weeks] Golden Finance reported that as companies slowed down their stock buybacks, US bank clients withdrew $4.6 billion from the US stock market last week, ending a two-week buying frenzy. Quantitative strategists such as Jill Carey Hall wrote in a report to clients on Tuesday that all major client groups, except for companies, were net sellers, with institutions and hedge funds that bought in the previous week leading the liquidation. Technology stocks experienced a withdrawal of funds for the first time in three weeks, with the largest outflow of funds from technology stocks among 11 industry categories. At the same time, communication services stocks attracted inflows for the 21st consecutive week.