International stocks trading in New York closed higher Monday, with the Bank of New York index of American depositary receipts adding 0.9% to 150.97. The European index rose 0.9% to 151.12, the Asian index climbed 1% to 142.53, the Latin American index added 0.8% to 278.23 and the emerging-markets index rose 0.7% to 273.12. Among the companies with shares that actively traded were ING Groep NV (ING, INGA.AE) and Novartis AG (NVS, NOVN.VX).

ING said Monday it will resume dividend payments next year as the bailed-out Dutch bank seeks to move on from years of restructuring prompted by the financial crisis. Shares added 3.9% to $14.25.

Novartis said Monday it would seek approval for an experimental heart-failure treatment sooner than it had expected, bolstering the prospects of the Swiss company's cardiovascular franchise. Shares added 4.2% to $85.02.

Drug company GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK, GSK.LN) on Monday said it has withdrawn an application to the European Medicines Agency related to ovarian-cancer treatment Votrient after analyzing data from a Phase III study. The application was for a variation to marketing authorization for Votrient in the European Union, Glaxo said. Separately, the company on Sunday presented detailed results from a late-stage study of darapladib, a new heart-disease drug, that failed to show any meaningful effects in November. Shares slipped 0.9% to $53.43.

Brazilian state-run energy company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR) said Monday an internal probe into allegations that company officials accepted bribes from Netherlands-based SBM Offshore NV turned up no evidence of suspect payments. Shares edged down 0.2% to $13.15.

HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC, HSBA.LN) said Monday an agreement to sell its business in Uruguay to Banco GNB Sudameris has fallen through. "HSBC is exploring alternative options for the sale of its banking business in Uruguay," the lender said. The U.K.-based bank's shares edged down 0.1% to $50.83.

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