International stocks trading in New York closed lower on Tuesday, with the Bank of New York index of American depositary receipts falling 0.6% to 149.83. The European index dropped 0.3% to 149.85, the Asian index declined 0.7% to 140.90, the Latin American index fell 2.5% to 281.31 and the emerging markets index fell 1.7% to 275.66. Among the companies with shares that actively traded were Infosys Ltd. (INFY, 500209.BY) and Diageo PLC (DEO, DGE.LN).

Infosys, one of India's top software and outsourcing companies, said Tuesday that while it recorded healthy expansion last quarter with the help of a strong dollar, its sales growth could slow this year as some clients delay technology spending. Shares fell 4.7% to $52.98.

Diageo made a $1.9 billion offer on Tuesday to take control of India's United Spirits Ltd. (532432.BY), the latest attempt by the U.K. liquor giant to forge a dominant position in the world's biggest whiskey market. Diageo said it made an open-market offer for an additional 26% stake in United Spirits, for 3,030 rupees (about $50) a share. If the deal is successful, Diageo's total stake would rise to 54.78%, giving it long-sought-after strategic control over India's biggest spirits maker. Diageo shares edged down 0.3% to $128.15.

The top executive of Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Tuesday the company didn't overpay for an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas, to the extent that critics allege. Shares fell 4% to $13.33.

Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) said Tuesday it has secured a 6.2 billion real ($2.8 billion) financing package from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development, or BNDES, for its massive iron-ore project in the Carajas region of the Amazon. Shares dropped 3.7% to $13.90.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's (GSK, GSK.LN) diabetes treatment albiglutide was approved for use by U.S. regulators on Tuesday, after a series of drug-development setbacks for the company. Shares rose 0.9% to $52.32.

Barclays PLC (BCS, BARC.LN) on Tuesday named Crawford Gillies as nonexecutive director and a member of the board remuneration committee from May 1. Shares fell 1.1% to $15.73.

New York's top financial regulator has sought numerous documents from Credit Suisse Group AG (CS, CSGN.VX) in an ongoing tax-evasion probe of the Swiss bank, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cites a person familiar with the matter. Still, shares edged up 0.4% to $31.76.

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