ADR Shares End Mixed; Anheuser-Busch InBev Shares Trade Actively

International stocks trading in New York were mixed Monday. The Bank of New York index of American depositary receipts fell 0.17% to 154.54. The European index edged down 0.01% to 151.51, the Asian index declined 0.93% to 151.62, the Latin American index rose 0.78% to 300.32 and the emerging markets index declined 0.63% to 304.36. Among the companies with shares that actively traded was Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (BUD, ABI.BT).

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (BUD, ABI.BT) is talking to banks about financing what could be a roughly 75 billion British-pound ($122 billion) deal to buy global beer rival SABMiller PLC (SAB.LN), The Wall Street Journal reported. A tie-up between the world's two largest brewing companies has been rumored for years, but a revival in global merger activity this year has sparked renewed speculation about a deal. Shares rose 3.2% to $114.45

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU, ANG.JO) abandoned a proposal to split the mining company after shareholders balked at the plan, which had required a $2.1 billion right issue. The idea of splitting the world's third-largest gold producer had earlier been mooted by billionaire John Paulson's hedge fund, which owns a large stake. Johannesburg-based AngloGold Ashanti was to have hived off its non-South African assets, which include large gold mines in Colombia and Ghana, into a new company to be listed in London. Shares rose 1.6% to $13.67.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP), known as Sinopec, intends to sell a nearly 30% stake in its sales-and-marketing unit to 25 investors, as Beijing continues efforts to inject private capital into state-owned enterprises to boost returns and efficiency. The company, China's largest oil refiner, said investors would acquire the stake for 107.1 billion yuan ($17.5 billion). Shares fell 6.2% to $93.10.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB (GAP.MX) says operations at its Los Cabos and La Paz airports were suspended due to Hurricane Odile that cut across the Baja California peninsula and the company is checking for damage at the facilities. "Flights were suspended since yesterday afternoon; at this moment, we don't know with certainty the magnitude of the damage," CEO Fernando Bosque said in a filing. The company, which operates 12 airports throughout Mexico's Pacific region, said operations at its other 10 airports are normal. Shares rose 2.3% to $72.26.

Global telecom giant VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP) is close to selling its stake in Canadian wireless carrier Wind Mobile Canada to a Toronto-based investment firm for around 300 million Canadian dollars ($270 million), The Wall Street Journal reported. VimpelCom shares fell 2.8% to $8.38.

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