The FTSE small-cap index and the junior FTSE Alternative InvestmentMarket (AIM) all-share index both end 1.3 percent lower, outperforming a1.8 percent fall for the mid caps and a 2.1 percent drop on the bluechips.
Shares in VPhase fall 44 percent to 0.26 pence as the AIM-listedenergy efficiency technology company says it is raising equity capital throughnon pre-emptive placing of ordinary shares at 0.25 pence each.
The group warns it is unlikely to have sufficient funds for its presentpurposes if the placing is not successful.
Shares in LiDCO Group rise 18.2 percent as the cardiovascularmonitoring company says its product has been used successfully to monitorcardiac output and guide intravenous fluid therapy in a clinical trial.
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