international stocks trading in new york closed higher on thursday the spbny mellon index of american depositary receipts moved up 11 to 15148 the european index rose 13 to 14695 the asian index edged up 09 to 17563 the latin american index gained 14 to 18760 while the emergingmarkets index advanced 13 to 29488 abb ltd was among those whose adrs traded actively the swiss technology company gained 26 on plans to add a new manufacturing facility in albuquerque nm akari therapeutics plc dived 16 after the clinicalstage biopharmaceutical company said it will issue around 267 million registered american depositary shares in a registered direct offering the offering is in connection with entered definitive agreements with certain institutional investors and accredited investors which is expected to result in gross proceeds of about 4 million