By Denny Jacob
International stocks trading in New York closed higher on Thursday.
The S&P/BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts edged up 1.5% to 152.91. The European index gained 1.1% to 145.94. The Asian index climbed 2.3% to 181.00. The Latin American index gained 1.5% to 195.25, while the emerging-markets index moved up 1.6% to 305.07.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. was among those whose ADRs traded actively.
The Chinese e-commerce giant lost 1.6% following a report by Reuters that said the company sold a 3.1% stake worth $125 million in India's digital payments company Paytm via a block deal.
Eni SpA rose 2.3% after the energy company, through Vår Energi, was awarded 12 new exploration licenses, of which five are operatorships, in Norway.
Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
01-12-23 1751ET
