Wall street plunges at the opening of trading, despite a rate cut by the U-S Fed - je 22.01.2008 16

Earlier on Tuesday, Asian shares plunged further. India's benchmark stock index tumbled 7.4- percent, while Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng index plummeted 5.5 percent. That's its biggest decline since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001. +++SYN-MAZ+++