J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and chief executive James Dimon bought 500,000 of his bank's shares Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said.

The purchase comes amid a deepening slump in financial stocks.

Write to Justin Baer at justin.baer@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 11, 2016 17:45 ET (22:45 GMT)

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