(Reuters) - Shares of Australia's Goodman Group fell more than 5% on Wednesday, after a media report said China Investment Corporation (CIC) was selling stocks worth A$1.9 billion ($1.23 billion) in the property developer.

Shares of the company slid as much as 5.7% to A$35.955, as of 1220 GMT, logging their biggest intraday drop in four months, and hitting their lowest level since Nov. 13.

Goodman was the top loser on the ASX 200 benchmark index, which was last trading down 0.5%.

As per the report in The Australian earlier on Wednesday, CIC offloaded 2.6% or 50.4 million shares in Goodman Group.

The deal was handled by investment bank Citi, which was left with at least A$35 million of the stock after the sell-down that got repriced, the report said, citing sources.

According to LSEG data, CIC owned about 7.84% stake in Goodman Group as of July 31, 2024.

Citi and Goodman Group declined to comment on the matter, while CIC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

($1 = 1.5423 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)