international stocks trading in new york closed lower on monday the spbny mellon index of american depositary receipts fell 11 to 16136 the european index fell 12 to 14756 the asian index fell 13 to 20435 the latin american index declined 04 to 20207 and the emergingmarkets index declined 08 to 34323 banco bilbao vizcaya argentaria sa and bhp group ltd were among those whose adrs traded actively banco bilbao vizcaya argentaria sa said monday that it is increasing its stake in the owner of brazilian online bank neon pagamentos for a consideration of around 300 million the spanish lender has reached an agreement with ukbased neon payments on the subscription of 492692 preference shares representing around 22 of the companys share capital through a capital increase worth approximately 300 million neon payments owns neon pagamentos outright bbva said the subscription will increase bbvas stake in the company to just under 30 from around 10 held indirectly currently the bank said the subscription and payment should go ahead this month it said and will entail a consumption of around 10 basis points of bbvas common equity tier 1a measure of a banks capital strength adrs closed down 23 at 643 bhp group ltd the worlds largest miner by market value reported a 223 million hit from the covid19 pandemic in its first fiscal half lower than the yearearlier period and said it is considering whether to make booster shots of a vaccine a requirement for entry to its sites the 223 million pretax hit for the six months through december was below the 405 million impact bhp reported for the same period a year earlier it said the company reported a more than doubling in first half net profit to 944 billion adrs closed down 09 at 6826 and traded 34 higher at 7060 after hours