The FTSE Small Cap index and the FTSE AIM All Share index suffer respective falls of 1.8 percent and 1.4 percent, outperforming a 2.4 percent drop from the midcaps .
British carrier Flybe advances 2.2 percent after saying costs savings are to exceed its target.
AIM-listed mobile technology firm 2ergo slides more than 23 percent, extending falls from the previous session when it said it was unable to finalise a fund raising option which had been expected to close this week.
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