Dark clouds hovered above Wall Street as stocks tumbled the most in three weeks. After General Electric results stunned investors by reporting a decline in profit and consumer confidence fell to lowest level since 1982 in April, according to an University of Michigan survey.

G-E, dropped the most in 20 years after first-quarter earnings slumped 12 percent because of failed asset sales and losses at its finance businesses. The stock plunged 13 percent, largest since black Monday in 1987 when the stock shed 17.5 percent.

In economic data the April University of Michigan confidence survey fell to 63.2 from 69.5.

The Dow plunged 256.56 points, or 2.04%, to 12,325.42. The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 27.72 points, or 2.04%, to 1,332.83, and the Nasdaq composite index tumbled 61.46 points, or 2.6%, to 2,290.24.

A look at how the Indian ADRs performed:

Name Infosys Sify Rediff.com India Satyam Wipro ICICI Bank HDFC Bank MTNL Tata Comm Dr Reddy's Lab Tata Motors Patni Computer Sterlite Ind

Symbol INFY SIFY REDF SAY WIT IBN HDB MTE TCL RDY TTM PTI SLT

Price 35.81 4.87 9.04 22.76 11.03 38.95 96.24 4.91 22.85 14.69 15.17 12.23 19.57

Change -0.44 0.19 0.49 -0.63 -0.41 -1.18 -3.57 -0.14 -0.60 -0.24 -0.45 -0.36 0.01

Change% -1.21% 4.06% 5.73% -2.69% -3.58% -2.94% -3.58% -2.77% -2.56% -1.61% -2.88% -2.86% 0.05%

Volume 4,097,263 256,131 203,434 1,910,512 303,843 2,049,345 420,620 137,350 139,300 70,700 875,490 108,100 368,602

High 36.32 4.93 9.40 23.35 11.26 39.49 98.13 5.09 23.62 14.81 15.60 12.50 19.80

Low 35.31 4.58 8.45 22.61 11.02 38.68 95.27 4.85 22.00 14.61 15.01 12.18 19.34