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 …

  Bloomberg The outlook for one of the world’s worst-performing stock markets is getting dimmer. China’s benchmark equity index was jolted out of its inertia on Monday when the cost of borrowing the yuan in Hong Kong jumped the most in seven months, exacerbating concern about a global selloff. The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled as much as 2.6 percent after …