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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 <.GSPF> fell 11 percent, while the KBW index of banking stocks <.BKX> dropped about 14 percent.

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

(Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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