international stocks trading in new york closed mostly higher on thursday the spbny mellon index of american depositary receipts ticked up 01 to 14029 the european index slipped 02 to 13158 the asian index moved up 03 to 17061 the latin american index advanced 23 to 18251 while the emergingmarkets index rose 06 to 28768 anheuserbusch inbev nv was among those whose adrs traded actively the brewer slipped 51 after reporting weaker sales to both retailers and wholesalers in the us its largest market but revenue growth of 27 in the country amid higher selling prices chinese ecommerce giant alibaba group holding ltd slid 22 after the wall street journal reported that billionaire jack ma plans to relinquish control of ant group co part of the fintech giants effort to move away from affiliate alibaba after more than a year of extraordinary pressure from chinese regulators