London — Shares in Tesco rose more than 5% on Monday after Britain’s biggest retailer said it might sell its Asian businesses in Thailand and Malaysia, which analysts valued at up to $9bn.

Tesco said on Sunday it had begun a review of its Asian operations after receiving approaches for the businesses...

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