By Josh Beckerman
International stocks trading in New York closed higher Friday.
The BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts rose 0.65% to
152.16. The European index increased 0.58% to 149.91, the Asian
index improved 0.49% to 148.38, the Latin American index rose 1.74%
to 291.01 and the emerging-markets index increased 0.97% to 296.84.
Among the companies with shares that actively traded were Petroleo
Brasileiro S/A (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR) and LightInTheBox Holding
(LITB).
Brazilian shares rose, led by state-controlled oil company
Petrobras, ahead of the release of a poll on voting intentions for
the country's October presidential elections. Petrobras rose 5.8%
to $16.46. Brazilian shares, particularly those in state-owned
companies, have been sensitive to the upcoming election and related
poll results.
LightInTheBox Holding, an international online retailer based in
Beijing, increased its third-quarter revenue guidance. It expects
revenue of $94 million to $96 million, up from a prior view of $92
million to $94 million. Shares rose 9.9% to $6.23.
British regulators held meetings this week with several major
banks about potentially settling a long-running investigation into
possible manipulation of currencies markets, according to people
familiar with the talks. Among the banks that held preliminary
talks with the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority were Barclays PLC
(BCS, BARC.LN), Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS, RBS.LN),
HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC, HSBA.LN), and UBS AG (UBS, UBSN.VX), these
people said. Barclays rose 0.7% to $14.98, as RBS increased 0.7% to
$11.84, HSBC rose 0.6% to $53.07 and UBS rose 1.3% to $17.65.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com