By Denny Jacob
International stocks trading in New York closed higher Thursday.
The S&P/BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts ticked up 0.9% to 142.08. The European index edged up 0.5% to 134.81. The Asian index advanced 1.2% to 166.21. The Latin American index gained 2.3% to 204.56, while the emerging-markets index increased 1.3% to 285.41.
Akari Therapeutics Plc was among those whose ADRs traded actively.
The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company fell 7.6% after it presented results from its CASCADE and CORONET studies in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia at the American Thoracic Society's annual meeting.
Furniture company Natuzzi S.p.A. rose 1% after its board approved a proposal that will be submitted at an upcoming extraordinary shareholders meeting to approve a new stock option plan, among other aspects.
Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
05-19-22 1842ET
