International stocks trading in New York closed higher on
Thursday. The Bank of New York index of American depositary
receipts rose 0.50% to 159.32. The European index increased 0.55%
to 158.49, the Asian index edged up 0.26% to 153.11, the Latin
American index rose 1.04% to 292.80 and the emerging markets index
rose 0.73% to 295.67. Among the companies with shares that actively
traded were NQ Mobile Inc. (NQ) and Barclays PLC (BCS,
BARC.LN).
On Thursday scandal-plagued Barclays presented its "Compliance
Career Academy." Delivered in partnership with Cambridge Judge
Business School, the project aims to train all 2,100 Barclays
compliance staff in how to protect the interests of the bank's
customers. Shares rose 1.14% to $15.11.
Unipetrol AS (UNPTY, BAAUNIPE.PR) Thursday said it has agreed to
buy out the entire stake held by a unit of Eni SpA (E, ENI.MI) in a
Czech crude oil refinery for 30 million euros ($40.8 million) in a
transaction that put the Czech petrochemical company in full
control of refining capacities in the country. Eni's shares rose
0.22% to $55.30.
The European Union has approved GlaxoSmithKline PLC's (GSK,
GSK.LN) and Genmab A/S's (GEN.KO) leukemia treatment Arzerra to be
used in patients unable to use an alternative drug. Shares rose
0.41% to $54.52.
Chinese mobile Internet company NQ's audit-committee chair has
resigned for "personal reasons not related to her role at the
company," the company said Thursday. Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers
told NQ it wanted to expand the scope of its audit and perform
additional procedures. Bucking the trend, shares plunged 32% to
$4.58.
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