(Reuters) - Credit card issuer American Express Co (>> American Express Company) said on Monday it would close a previously announced deal to sell its Costco U.S. co-branded card portfolio to Citigroup Inc (>> Citigroup Inc) by June.

AmEx, which was replaced by Citigroup and Visa Inc (>> Visa Inc) last year to run Costco Wholesale Corp (>> Costco Wholesale Corporation) co-branded credit cards, had estimated a gain of about $1 billion from the sale.

(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)