International stocks trading in New York closed lower Tuesday.
The BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts fell 0.68% to
145.64. The European index declined 0.68% to 143.50, the Asian
index dropped 0.74% to 152.09, the Latin American index edged down
0.31% to 222.81 and the emerging markets index fell 0.75% to
265.48. Among the companies with shares that actively traded was
Barclays PLC (BCS, BARC.LN).
Barclays PLC (BCS, BARC.LN) raised its provision for potential
foreign-exchange settlements to GBP1.25 billion ($1.92 billion),
leading it to report a full-year net loss, but it said an effort to
shrink and restructure its business is starting to pay off. Shares
fell 2.6% to $15.66.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) gave shareholders the
option of receiving a dividend via company stock, known as a scrip
dividend, a move that other large oil companies have made as cash
dries up during a period of low oil prices. Shell reported a
fourth-quarter profit of more than $4 billion but said that, after
oil prices dropped by nearly 50% in 2014, it wouldn't be able to
raise its dividend of 47 cents per ordinary share from the previous
quarter. Shares fell 1.6% to $63.30.
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