Crude oil prices plunged to their lowest levels in three years yesterday, sending the prices of gasoline and heating oil down along with them.

Last year, gold sales to the state plunged 40 percent on 1992, the first fall in 15 years.

France's population plunged from 17 million, down to 12 million in 130 years.

American dependence on imported oil jumped by 9.2 percent as domestic production plunged to the lowest level in 35 years.

In the credit market, long-term bond yields fell and short-term interest rates plunged to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years.

Last Thursday, bond prices dropped on news that the latest weekly initial jobless claims plunged to the lowest level in many years.

And, he added, the number of horses born every year in this country has plunged in eight years from 51,000 to 36,000.

The dollar plunged 8.1 percent against the Japanese yen yesterday, its biggest one-day decline in 25 years.

Members reporting "high to very high" traffic plunged to 9.4 percent, the lowest reading in four years.

The price of the five-year note was up 10/32 as the yield plunged to 4.94 percent, from 5.01 percent and the lowest in 26 years.