UPDATE 1-Hitachi shares head for biggest drop in 6 months

* Shares plunge 7.5 pct vs electrical index's 1.5 pct drop

* Hitachi says to make an announcement if any decision made

* To raise up to Y300 bln in public share offering -sources (Adds share price, details, background)

TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Shares of Hitachi Ltd (6501.T),Japan's biggest electronics firm by revenue, were headed fortheir biggest single-day slide in six months after sources saidit would raise up to 400 billion yen ($4.5 billion) to shore upits battered capital base.

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