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Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

European travel company TUI said strong demand for holidays would help offset the impact of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on its annual profit, enabling it to lift the bottom end of annual earnings guidance.

Finnish media group Sanoma Oyj said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Alma Media's regional news media business in a deal valued at 115 million euros ($125 million).

(RTTNews) - Daimler AG (DDAIF.PK) reported full year 2019 net profit attributable to shareholders of 2.4 billion euros compared to 7.2 billion euros, prior year. Earnings per share declined to 2.22 euros from 6.78 euros. Full-year EBIT was 4.3 billion euros compared to 11.1 bill

South Africa's rand firmed early on Tuesday as sentiment was helped by an apparent slowdown in coronavirus infections, with focus shifting to domestic economic data and President Cyril Ramaphosa's state of the nation address later this week.

At least two banks in Hong Kong have introduced relief measures for home mortgage borrowers hurt by the coronavirus outbreak, in a move analysts say could help lower foreclosures in an economy already in recession.

South African bullion producer Harmony Gold Mining said on Tuesday it posted an interim profit boosted by a higher average gold price, which rose by 19% during the period.

Sensor specialist AMS on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenues above its own forecast amid strong demand for high-end smartphones but warned revenues in the first quarter would decrease.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far, threatening the country's economy, sources told Reuters, days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow.

(RTTNews) - Novartis (NVS) said the US FDA has granted priority review to capmatinib's New Drug Application. Capmatinib is a MET inhibitor being evaluated as a treatment for first-line and previously treated patients with locally advanced or metastatic METex14 mutated non-small

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday in sympathy with a rally in equity markets but investors remained jittery over the Wuhan virus that has now killed over 1,000 in China.

Samsung Electronics is set to unveil a new, square-shaped foldable smartphone and updated versions of its flagship Galaxy S range on Tuesday, seeking to revive sales after ceding its smartphone crown to Apple Inc last quarter.

Heavily-sold Asian currencies were modestly firmer on Tuesday, as investor risk appetite recovered with an apparent slowdown in the rate of coronavirus infection, even as the death toll rose.

China stocks were on pace for their sixth straight session of gains on Tuesday, as sentiment was helped by a slowdown in new coronavirus cases.

The African Union has agreed not to start financing security operations from a new fund until 2023 because it has received fewer contributions than hoped.

Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as China's factories struggled to re-open after an extended break, though analysts warned investors might be underestimating how economically damaging the challenge was likely to be.

Indian shares gained on Tuesday, on course to snap two sessions of losses, as the number of new coronavirus infections fell and some Chinese factories slowly resumed operations.

China's yuan inched up against the dollar for a second straight session on Tuesday as investors hoped authorities would be able to contain a fast-spreading virus and limit the economic fallout of the epidemic.

In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Nick Sciple and Tracy Shuchart, from The Family Office, do a deep dive into the oil and gas industry. Their conversation covers a wide swath of the oil and gas market, from an impending wall of debt facing shale producers, to how the

Gold on Tuesday eased from a near one-week high hit in the previous session due to a stronger dollar and an uptick in equities as China's factories slowly return to work amid rising death toll from the coronavirus epidemic.