AFP Stock markets struggled on Tuesday as investors contemplated the US interest rate outlook and oil prices slumped on a gloomy outlook for crude demand. Frankfurt, London and Paris had opened brightly, after a leading US Federal Reserve official tempered comments from her colleagues on the need for an early US interest rate hike. But the gains faded away ...

  AFP Shares in South Korean giant Samsung Electronics rallied on Tuesday, recovering almost half the losses from a two-day collapse linked to its troubled smartphone, as traders welcomed news it had sold its printer unit for $1.05 billion to US firm HP. The company plunged more than 10 percent on Friday and Monday after it urged global consumers to ...

  AFP Tokyo stocks ended higher on Tuesday with traders weighing speculation about a possible US interest rate hike while looking ahead to an upcoming Bank of Japan policy meeting. Dealers tracked a rally on Wall Street following dovish remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard who argued against hiking US interest rates quickly. She said the central bank should ...