International Bank Watch: HSBC's and Barclay's shares climb

International markets rallied Tuesday. Asian markets and European stocks rose after the U.S. government bailed out Citigroup Inc. and announced its $600 billion program to buy mortgage-related debt and securities and a $200 billion facility to support consumer debt securities. The Nikkei 225 Average rose 413.13 points to 8323.93, and the FTSEurofirst 300 index climbed 2% to 846.88 points.

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Barclays plc is still up on news that 85% of its shareholders voted in favor calling for the sale of stock, mainly to funds from Qatar and Abu Dhabi. HSBC Holdings plc is up on reports that the bank could be interested in assets of Citigroup Inc. Toronto-Dominion Bank is down on reports that it may sell as much as C$1.38 billion ($1.12 billion) in stock at a discount to increase capital after posting trading losses last week. - Maria Woehr

Troubled International Banks Prices at 10:30 am EDT
Name	Open	Price at 10:30am	Change	Mkt cap
UBS AG	12.9	12.60	0.89	35.75B
Barclays plc	143.6	162.30	15.80	13.58B
BNP Paribas SA	37.695	40.88	1.88	36.57B
Deutsche Bank AG	32.21	31.90	1.22	17.40B
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc	16.58	16.70	1.20	32.94B
Royal Bank of Canada	39.14	39.66	0.66	53.19B
HSBC Holdings plc	642.75	673.50	23.50	81.55B
Lloyds TSB Group plc	150.1	162.70	15.10	9.84B
Standard Chartered plc	713.5	884.00	159.00	12.60B
Toronto-Dominion Bank	39.8	40.55	-2.35	32.73B
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.	5.26	5.30	-0.15	58.65B
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