Samsung Electronics shares flat despite strike threat; Chinese rivals gain

Shares of Samsung Electronics ended little changed Wednesday despite the company’s largest labor union confirming plans to launch a full-scale strike the following day after last-minute mediation talks collapsed.

A final round of government-led mediation ended without agreement after Samsung Electronics requested additional time to review the proposal while the union accepted it.

Samsung Electronics shares closed at 276,000 won ($183), up 0.18 percent from the previous session, according to the