international stocks trading in new york closed mostly higher on thursday the spbny mellon index of american depositary receipts edged up 02 to 12420 the european index ticked down 01 to 12177 the asian index gained 03 to 13638 the latin american index advanced 24 to 19001 while the emergingmarkets index moved up 1 to 23632 anglogold ashanti ltd was among those whose adrs traded actively the miner gained 07 after it reported a 20 rise in thirdquarter production boosted by higher grades across most assets and backed its fullyear guidance steelmaker arcelormittal sa edged down 21 after the company said that it is preparing to temporarily shut down one of two blast furnaces at its fossurmer plant in the south of france