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International stocks trading in New York closed higher on Thursday as the S&P/BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts increased 0.2% to 178.71.

The European index held steady at 171.72. The Asian index added 0.5% to 211.43. The Latin American index dropped 0.3% to 213.79, while the emerging-markets index rose 0.3% to 338.03.

China's Lixiang Education Holding Co. Ltd. was the biggest leader during the session, soaring 69% to 65 cents. Australia-based Alterity Therapeutics Ltd. rose 20% to $2.63. Alarum Technologies Ltd., which is based in Israel, rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares surging 19% to $26.38.

VIA optronics AG, based in Germany, posted the largest decline, cratering 29% to 45 cents, followed by shares of Australia's Kazia Therapeutics Ltd., which tumbled 16% to 36 cents. Shares of U.K.-based Akari Therapeutics PLC tumbled 15% to $1.10.


Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.


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04-11-24 1705ET