By Denny Jacob
International stocks trading in New York closed mostly higher on Friday.
The S&P/BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts edged up 0.2% to 156.41. The European index ticked up 0.1% to 149.96. The Asian index climbed 0.3% to 183.83. The Latin American index slipped 0.7% to 202.40, while the emerging-markets index was flat at 303.65.
Missfresh was among those whose ADRs traded actively.
The Chinese online grocery company soared 285% after it reported share-purchase agreements with two investors, an acquisition and the filing of its delayed 2022 annual report.
Mesoblast tumbled 59% after the Food and Drug Administration once again turned away the company's remestemcel-L drug candidate for children with a potentially life-threatening bone marrow transplant complication, calling on the company to provide more data.
Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
08-04-23 1900ET
