Wall St drops; ADRs tumble

The US indices tumbled on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average index slumped 208 points to 13,029. The Nasdaq plunged 43 points to 2499.

Indian ADRs ended in a sea of red. Sterlite dropped nearly 4% to $14.95. Genpact shed 3.7% to $14.88, and MTNL tumbled 3.5% to $6.63. Infosys, Satyam, Wipro, Patni Computers, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, VSNL, Tata Motors and Dr.Reddy's were down 1-3% each.