international stocks trading in new york closed higher on thursday the spbny mellon index of american depositary receipts ticked up 04 to 13999 the european index moved up 03 to 13168 the asian index rose 02 to 16943 the latin american index advanced 18 to 18272 while the emergingmarkets index was up 15 at 28735 adaptimmune therapeutics plc was among those companies whose adrs traded actively the novel cancer immunotherapy products developer rose 20 after the company said its preparing its biologics license application and continues to target submission to the food and drug administration in the fourth quarter for the treatment of synovial sarcoma chinese ecommerce giant alibaba group holding ltd rose 18 despite posting its first quarterly revenue decline since 2014