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In afternoon trading, the FTSE 100 fell with losses for technology stocks. Software group Autonom...

In afternoon trading, the FTSE 100 fell with losses for technology stocks. Software group Autonomy nosed dived falling 238p to 332p as the Footsie fell 31.10 points to 5590.70. Investor jitters threaten to send the market into meltdown as a clutch of tech stocks ready themselves to release results. Autonomy's fellow tech stocks also fell. CMG lost 40.5p to 432.5p, Misys fell 42p to 415p and Logica dropped 110p to 770p. SMG the parent company to Scotland's ITV channel fell 15.5p to 186p on news that first quarter operations fell by 9% compared to the same quarter a year ago. ...

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