ST Index 1,740.34 -53.82
Volume 1,035.6M
Value $944.0M
Gainers/Losers 152/279

A plan worth billions to rescue ailing US automakers collapsed in the US Senate, raising the prospect Friday of imminent bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler with millions of jobs at stake.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index <.HSI> was down about 7 percent,