[HIGHLIGHTS] The federal government is selling postal shares for more than two billion euros

State bank KfW put a package of 50 million shares in Deutsche Post DHL onto the market on Tuesday evening. The papers are worth more than 2.2 billion euros at the Xetra closing price.

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner wants to raise up to four billion euros from the sale of federal holdings this year. With the sale, the state's shareholding in the post office will fall to around 16.5 percent from 20. 5 percent, as KFW announced.