SEOUL: Samsung Electronics plans to buy back shares worth 10 trillion won (US$7.17 billion) over a one-year period to boost shareholder value, it said in a regulatory filing submitted after the market closed on Friday. Shares of Samsung Electronics rose 7.2 per cent on Friday, posting the biggest daily jum

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics plans to buy back shares worth 10 trillion won (US$7.17 billion) over a one-year period to boost shareholder value, it said in a regulatory filing submitted after the market closed on Friday. Of the total, three trillion won worth of shares, or 50.14 million common shares and 6.9