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Wall St. tumbles on bank plan skepticism


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday as investors pummeled bank shares on concerns that a reworked plan to shore up the financial sector may not be enough to thaw credit markets and alleviate the deepening recession.

    * The Dow industrials posted its biggest one-day percentage loss since December 1, with all 30 components ending in negative territory.

    * The S&P index of financial stocks fell 11 percent, while the KBW index of banking stocks dropped about 14 percent.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average fell 386.85 points, or 4.68 percent, at 7,884.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 42.97 points, or 4.94 percent, at 826.92. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 66.83 points, or 4.20 percent, at 1,524.73.

    (Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by Leslie Adler)