Boeing shares plunge 22% to six-year low on S&P downgrade

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Boeing shares plunge 22% to six-year low on S&P downgrade

March 17 (Reuters) - Boeing Co BA.N shares tumbled as a lot as 22% to a more-than-six-year low on T


March 17 (Reuters)Boeing Co BA.N shares tumbled as a lot as 22% to a more-than-six-year low on Tuesday following a ranking downgrade that mirrored its worsening money movement because of the prolonged grounding of its 737 MAX jet and the blow from the coronavirus pandemic.

The inventory was the largest drag on the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Common .DJI index, shaving off 100 factors.

Ranking company Commonplace & Poor’s on Monday lowered its credit standing on the planemaker to ‘BBB’ from ‘A-‘ and now expects 2020 free money movement in a variety of unfavorable $11 billion to $12 billion, down from a previous estimate of optimistic $2 billion.

Reuters reported final week that Boeing is about to attract down the total quantity of a $13.eight billion mortgage, possible bringing its whole debt to $41.1 billion.

Boeing’s whole debt almost doubled to $27.three billion in 2019, because it grappled with further prices associated to the 737 MAX grounding and compensated airways.

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