International stocks trading in New York closed mostly higher on Thursday.

The BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts edged up 0.15% to 123.89. The European index rose 0.20% to 122.74, the Asian index edged down 0.14% to 131.48, the Latin American index increased 0.93% to 168.68 and the emerging markets index rose 0.50% to 227.49.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR) was among the companies with ADRs that traded actively.

The new chief executive of Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, said that he supports a bill that would open up coveted offshore oil fields to foreign companies, signaling the latest change in tack for a country that has for years closely protected one of its most-prized assets. Petrobras's ADRs rose 1.9% to $5.92.

Statoil ASA (STO, STL.OS), Norway's state-controlled oil producer, is scrambling to replace Airbus search-and-rescue helicopters in the North Sea after the country's aviation authority banned flights using two Airbus helicopter models following a fatal crash. ADRs fell five cents to $15.89.

Write to Tess Stynes at tess.stynes@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 02, 2016 18:04 ET (22:04 GMT)

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