HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly fell on Thursday as weak Chinese trade data reinforced worries about the world’s number two economy, while Federal Reserve minutes stoked fresh talk of a US rate hike before the year’s end.

However, troubled Samsung Electronics staged a slight recovery on bargain-buying after losing about 10 percent of its value this week on the Galaxy Note 7 crisis.

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