Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) shares dropped as the stock turned ex-rights ahead of its ₹999.99-crore rights issue. The company will issue up to 79.99 crore shares at ₹12.50 each, in a ratio of 277 rights shares for every 630 held. The offer opens on December 12 and closes on December 22, with rights renunciation allowed until December 17 (on-market) and December 19 (off-market).
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee rejects calls for Fed rate cuts to ease US debt burden
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee rejected calls for interest-rate cuts to ease the US government’s debt burden, warning that such a move could fuel inflation