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Ford shares drop on GM news pare losses

NEW YORK
Fri Nov 7, 2008 12:22pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Corp stock dropped 5 percent before quickly paring losses on Friday after competitor General Motors Corp posted a quarterly loss and tumbling revenues.

Ford shares were down 2 percent to $1.94, while GM shares slipped 13 percent to $4.18 after falling as much as 16 percent.

(Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by James Dalgleish)



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