International stocks trading in New York closed mixed Wednesday,
with the Bank of New York index of American depositary receipts
inching up 0.1% to 147.71. The European index added 0.2% to 147.72,
the Asian index rose 0.1% to 142.58, the Latin American index fell
1% to 257.76 and the emerging-markets index dropped 0.5% to 259.24.
Among the companies with shares that actively traded were ING Groep
NV (ING, INGA.AE) and Nokia Corp. (NOK, NOK1V.HE).
Dutch bank ING on Wednesday posted a fall in net profit and said
it is stepping up efforts to bolster its balance sheet ahead of a
financial-health check by the European Central Bank. Still, shares
rose 3.3% to $14.40.
Nokia has appealed to the Indian Supreme Court in a last-minute
effort to reverse the lower court's ruling in a lingering tax case
that threatens to complicate the Finnish company's 5.4-billion-euro
handset-unit sale with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). Nokia shares fell
3.3% to $7.15.
America Movil SAB de CV's (AMX, AMX.MX) decision to lower its
stake in Royal KPN of the Netherlands was taken for financial
reasons, and doesn't change the Mexican telecommunications
company's rights or relationship with the European carrier, America
Movil officials said Wednesday. Shares slipped 1.4% to $21.19.
Write to Anna Prior at anna.prior@wsj.com
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