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Samsung reports worst decline in sales in over a decade

The electronics giant is expected to have a slight recovery in the fourth quarter of this year

The slump in demand for memory chips has impacted sales at Samsung. Picture: file

Samsung Electronics Co. reported its worst decline in quarterly revenue since at least 2009, stoking uncertainty over when a year-long electronics and memory chip demand slump will end.

The stock slid 2.4 per cent in Seoul, the most in three months, after Samsung reported a larger-than-anticipated 22 per cent decline in sales to 60 trillion won (€42 billion). Operating profit plunged 96 per cent in the three months ended June, though at 600 billion won ...