International stocks trading in New York closed lower Wednesday. The BNY Mellon overall index of American depositary receipts fell 0.72% to 144.85. The European index lost 0.96% to 141.64, the Asian index slid 0.26% to 147.47, the Latin American index fell another 0.26% to 257.89 while the emerging-markets index edged down 0.14% to 283.33. Among the companies with shares that traded actively were Oi SA (OIBR, OIBRC, OIBR4.BR) and Barclays PLC (BCS, BARC.LN).

Deutsche Bank AG (DB, DBK.XE) is close to selling most of a $2 billion portfolio of commercial real-estate loans to U.S. private-equity firm TPG, people familiar with the matter said. Shares fell 2% to $29.60.

Private-equity firms Apax Partners and Bain Capital LLC made a joint bid to buy PT Portugal from its Brazilian owner, the telecommunication firm Oi SA (OIBR, OIBRC, OIBR4.BR), a move that could spark a bidding battle over the Portuguese telecom assets with rival suitor Altice SA. Oi's shares fell 4% to $0.51, while Portugal Telecom SPGS's (PT, PTC.LB) rose 2% to $1.74.

Six banks agreed Wednesday to pay roughly a combined $4.2 billion to U.S., British and Swiss regulators to resolve allegations that for years they colluded to manipulate the vast foreign-exchange market and boost their profits. UBS AG's (UBS, UBSN.VX) shares closed 0.29% higher at $17.38; HSBC Holdings' PLC (HSBC, HSBA.LN, 0005.HK) fell 0.69% to $50.22; Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's (RBS, RBS.LN) lost 2% to $11.82; and Citigroup Inc.'s (C) fell 0.72% to $53.42. Barclays, which had been in late-stage settlement talks with U.S. and British regulators but pulled out at the last minute, lost 2% to $14.58.

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