61.   GM stock promptly plunged.

62.   Gold stocks plunged, after surging during the last three days, as gold bullion prices turned lower.

63.   Hong Kong stocks plunged and its interest rates surged, weakening U.S. and European stock markets.

64.   Hong Kong stocks plunged for the second time in three days on concern surging interest rates will decimate corporate profits.

65.   High-tech stocks plunged into a deep bear market while more traditional stocks fell but not nearly as much.

66.   IBM is widely given credit for unfurling a safety net under the entire market when stocks plunged sharply last fall.

67.   If it loses a large award, tobacco stocks could plunge, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Gary Black wrote today.

68.   In December, U.S. stocks plunged after investors interpreted Greenspan remarks to mean there might be a speculative bubble in the prices of U.S. assets.

69.   In February, though, Synergen said early test data showed serious limitations, and its stock plunged.

70.   In Hong Kong and other markets in the region, stocks plunged yesterday as currencies weakened and confidence in economic growth waned.