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title: "European Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Open Week Tracking Higher in Monday Trading"
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description: "European equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts rose 0.88% to 1,825.10 on the S&P Europe Select ADR Index. Notable gainers included Evaxion (+4.6%) and Royal Philips (+2.9%), while decliners included DBV Technologies (-3.2%) and BioNTech (-2%). UK gainers were led by Autolus Therapeutics (+16%) and Trinity Biotech (+6.2%), with NuCana (-8.3%) and Biodexa Pharmaceuticals (-3%) among the decliners."
datetime: "2026-05-18T15:11:00.000Z"
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# European Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Open Week Tracking Higher in Monday Trading

11:11 AM EDT, 05/18/2026 (MT Newswires) -- European equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were heading higher late Monday morning, rising 0.88% to 1,825.10 on the S&P Europe Select ADR Index.

From continental Europe, the gainers were led by biotech firm Evaxion ( EVAX ) and healthcare tech company Royal Philips (PHG), which rose 4.6% and 2.9% respectively. They were followed by internet advertising firm Criteo ( CRTO ) and biopharmaceutical company Grifols ( GRFS ) , which were up 2.8% each.

The decliners from continental Europe were led by biopharmaceutical company DBV Technologies ( DBVT ) and biotech firm BioNTech (BNTX), which dropped 3.2% and 2% respectively. They were followed by telecommunications company Nokia ( NOK ) and pharmaceutical company Ascendis Pharma ( ASND ) , which were down 1.9% and 0.9% respectively.

The gainers from the UK were led by biotech companies Autolus Therapeutics ( AUTL ) and Trinity Biotech ( TRIB ) , which climbed 16% and 6.2% respectively. They were followed by communications company WPP ( WPP ) and educational publisher Pearson (PSO), which advanced 4.8% and 4.7% respectively.

The decliners from the UK and Ireland were led by biopharmaceutical companies NuCana ( NCNA ) and Biodexa Pharmaceuticals ( BDRX ) , which fell 8.3% and 3% respectively. They were followed by biopharmaceutical companies Amarin ( AMRN ) and Mereo BioPharma Group ( MREO ) , which were off 2.1% and 1% respectively.

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