ADR Report-Foreign stocks tumble hurt by U.S. retail data

By Rodrigo Campos

NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Overseas shares traded in the United States tumbled on Wednesday as weak U.S. retail sales data darkened sentiment, after a recent run of upbeat indicators had signaled a brighter economic outlook.

Banks' ADRs ranked among the top decliners as investors took some profits from the sector that drove the recent rally in global stocks.

New York-traded shares of Spain's Banco Santander (STD.N), Credit Suisse (CS.N), India's ICICI Bank (IBN.N) and Bancolombia (CIB.N) fell between 6 percent and 6.9 percent.

Global miner Rio Tinto (RTP.N) lost 9.2 percent to $150.92 on speculation the company is set to launch a rights issue.

And a 1.4 percent drop in U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 hit New York-traded shares of energy companies like Brazil's Petrobras (PBR.N), down 4.6 percent at $37.35.

The Bank of New York Mellon's index of leading American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) .BKADR slid 3.7 percent while the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX fell 2.7 percent. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI lost 2.2 percent.

The Bank of New York Mellon's index of leading Asian ADRs .BKAS lost 3.3 percent. Overnight in Asia, shares ended higher in most major markets except Hong Kong, and the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC gained 1.7 percent to close at a nine-month high.

Regional drags included cell phone carrier China Mobile (CHL.N), down 3.8 percent at $46.74, and the world's biggest carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp (TM.N), down 4.6 percent at $73.54.

But ADRs of NTT DoCoMo Inc (DCM.N) rose 3.6 percent to $14.61 after the Tokyo-based wireless communications company posted an expected operating profit of about 1.1 trillion yen. [ID:nBNG490657]

The Bank of New York Mellon's index of leading European ADRs .BKEUR slid 3.7 percent. In Europe, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top shares closed down 2.5 percent, by banks and miners.

The session's few gainers among European ADRs included drugmakers Sanofi-Aventis (SNY.N), up 2.3 percent at $30.63, and Novartis AG (NVS.N), up 3.1 percent at $39.82, as investors shifted to defensive stocks.

The Bank of New York Mellon's index of leading Latin American ADRs .BKLA tumbled 4.7 percent. In Latin America, major stock indexes fell as U.S. retail sales data took its toll. The United States is the top trading partner of Mexico and a major market for many other Latin American countries.

The ADRs of Mexican telecom company America Movil (AMX.N) slipped 4.3 percent to $35.26. (Editing by Jan Paschal)