International stocks trading in New York were mixed on Thursday.
The BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts fell 0.4% to
145.52. The European index increased 0.5% to 143.28, the Asian
index dropped 0.5% to 145.71, the Latin American index rose 0.2% to
258.96 and the emerging markets index increased 0.2% to 281.96.
Among the companies with shares that actively traded was Sanofi
(SNY).
At a widely anticipated meeting to review its pipeline, Sanofi
offered sobering news about its global diabetes business, which is
expected to yield flat to slight growth between 2015 and 2018. The
Paris-based pharmaceutical company's shares fell 3.2% to
$46.57.
U.K. regulators on Thursday fined Royal Bank of Scotland Group
PLC (RBS, RBS.LN) 56 million British pounds ($87.8 million) for a
2012 computer failure that saw millions of customers unable to
access their accounts. Shares fell 1.2% to $11.93.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB.LN) said Thursday that it has
sold its stake in a set of oil wells and processing plants in
Nigeria's Niger Delta, the latest in a series of sales in an area
where Shell has struggled with oil theft and other security issues.
Shares rose 1.5% to $71.
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