ADR Shares End Higher; Anheuser-Busch InBev Shares Active

International stocks trading in New York closed higher on Tuesday, with the Bank of New York index of American depositary receipts adding 0.6% to 151.90. The European index rose 0.6% to 151.97, the Asian index climbed 0.9% to 143.74, the Latin American index rose 0.4% to 279.45 and the emerging markets index added 1.1% to 276.01. Among the companies with shares that actively traded was Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (BUD, ABI.BT).

Anheuser-Busch InBev completed the $5.8 billion purchase of South Korea's Oriental Brewery on Tuesday, returning the brewer to its portfolio after selling it in 2009. Shares of the Belgian brewer added 1.2% to $106.59.

A minority shareholder in CorpBanca SA (BCA, CORPBANCA.SN) said Tuesday it has asked a New York court to halt a merger of the Chilean bank with Brazil's Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ITUB, ITUB3.BR, ITUB4.BR), alleging Chilean executives committed fraud to bail out a struggling conglomerate. CorpBanca shares rose 0.8% to $17.79, while Itau Unibanco shares added 0.9% to $14.99.

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim's telecommunications company America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) was ordered by a new powerful regulator to "substantially" cut some of its tariffs, the latest evidence that the new telecom rules will trim the company's profit margins in its top market, Mexico. Shares still rose 2.3% to $20.33.

A U.S. independent compliance monitor warned HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC, HSBA.LN) that it needs to further upgrade its anti-money-laundering systems, according to a filing published Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Shares of the U.K.-based bank rose 0.8% to $51.21.

Nokia Corp.'s (NOK, NOK1V.HE) factory workers in India launched protests Monday, demanding their jobs be spared as an Indian tax claim against the Finnish phone maker threatens to exclude the employees' workplace from Nokia's asset sale to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). Nokia shares still rose 2.9% to $7.55.

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