European Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Track Higher in Monday Trading
European equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were trending higher late Monday morning, rising 0.60% to 1,888.94 on the S&P Europe Select ADR Index.From continental Europe, the gainers were led by biopharmaceutical companies Cellectis (CLLS) and DBV Technologies (DBVT), which advanced 6% and 2.7% respectively. Also rising were internet advertising firm Criteo (CRTO) and biotech company Evaxion (EVAX), which increased 3.6% and 6.3% respectively.The decliners from continental Europe were led by telecommunications operator Nokia (NOK) and medical device maker EDAP TMS (FOCL), which fell 2.8% and 1% respectively. Anheuser-Busch InBev(BUD), which was off 1.2%.The gainers from the UK were led by biopharmaceutical company NuCana (NCNA) and software firm Endava (DAVA), which rose 3.2% and 2.5% respectively. They were followed by biopharmaceutical company Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO) and oil and gas company BP (BP), which were up 1.4% and 1.1% respectively.The decliners from the UK and Ireland were led by biopharmaceutical companies Biodexa Pharmaceuticals (BDRX) and Akari Therapeutics (AKTX), which lost 4.9% and 2.1% respectively. They were followed by biotech firmTrinity Biotech (TRIB), which dropped 0.3%.Biopharmaceutical company Amarin (AMRN) was modestly higher.