Emerging-market equities fluctuate as Samsung rallies

Emerging-market shares swung between gains and losses on Tuesday as technology stocks advanced for the first time in a seven-day period led by Samsung Electronics Co. and as energy producers and phone companies tumbled. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fluctuated at 992.77 by 12:50 p.m. Hong Kong time and it has fallen 5.8% this year.