ADR Shares End Mixed; Oil, Gold Shares Trade Actively

International stocks trading in New York were mixed on Tuesday. The BNY Mellon index of American depositary receipts fell 0.8% to 134.12. The European index decreased 1.1% to 131.70, the Asian index dropped 0.9% to 137.97, the Latin American index rose 1.5% to 222.84 and the emerging-markets index edged down 0.02% to 255.90. Among the companies with shares that actively traded energy and gold-related companies.

Oil prices slumped sharply Tuesday on expectations of growing supplies and broad concerns about the pace of global growth. Among energy-sector decliners, BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) shares fell 0.8% to $35.83; Sasol Ltd. (SSL, SOL.JO) declined 1% to $34.64; Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) dropped 1.2% to $63.02 and Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) declined 0.8% to $47.66.

Gold prices rose to their highest level in three weeks Tuesday, as plunging oil prices sparked worries about the health of the global economy, drawing investors to the precious metal. Among advancers, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU, ANG.JO) rose 6.2% to $9.74; Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA (BVN, BUENAVC1.VL) increased 3.9% to $10.65; Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI, GFI.JO) rose 5% to $5.24; Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY, HAR.JO) increased 10% to $2.33, and Randgold Resources Ltd. (GOLD, RRS.LN) rose 3.3% to $72.95.

Brazilian shares rose Tuesday, led by steelmaker Gerdau SA (GGB, GGBR3.BR, GGBR4.BR), and the real strengthened against the dollar. Gerdau shares increased 9.6% to $3.54; Iron miner Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.FR, VALE5.BR, VALE3.BR) rose 5.3% to $8.14.

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