Shares in London flat as investors take profits (AFP)

London (AFP) - shares of London closed little changed Thursday, underperforming other European markets, as profits on strong gains Wednesday offset other reports of strong gains.

Benchmark FTSE 100 of leading shares slipped a marginal 3.96 points or 0.07% to 6,018.30 points.

The software autonomy group sweeps 7.43% at 1 620 pence after the announcement of the first quarter of $220 mln income, or 13 per cent more one of yerar earlier.

Mike Lynch, the Chief Executive, said:?"In the first quarter was a solid quarter for autonomy which we continued to run with good growth of revenue, profits, and other key parameters".

He highlighted the growth of 17% cloud computing operations, where in sales croissance

Actions in some name sold London stocks shares dans the dans les with Vodafone dropping 4.30% to 169.05 pence, ITV 2.80% at 74.50 pence and BT falling 1.72% to 189 pence.

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