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Rival housebuilder Bellway also moved lower over the day to close at 960p.

Taking the less dominant deputy chairman role, Jones hands over the reins of a company which has seen its stock leap from 495p last year to 960p yesterday.

HDFaces features the innovative new Multistream HD[TM] technology, which enables all participants to view up to six high-resolution video conferencing streams in a high-definition session for a total maximum resolution of 1920p x 960p - a market first - and allows participants to view video and the presenter's shared desktop in the same screen for the most natural virtual meeting experience yet, all with a standard desktop webcam and internet connection.

From a close on Monday of 960p the price touched 888p yesterday at the session low.

At the current price of 960p, we believe the shares offer good value in a sector that is certainly under pressure on the domestic front through the consumer's exposure to both secured and unsecured debt.

Last night, Bookham dropped another six per cent to 960p, making it the favourite to fall out.

HDFaces features the innovative new Citrix Multistream HD[TM] technology, which enables all participants to view up to six high-resolution video conferencing streams in a high-definition session for a total maximum resolution of 1920p x 960p - a market first - and allows participants to view video and the presenter's shared desktop in the same screen for the most natural virtual meeting experience yet.

In addition, it automatically upconverts 480p signals to 960p, while 720p signals pass through the device unaltered.

It marked a new low for the shares which had reached a high of 960p last April.

Both units offer scan rate scaling to computer rates of VGA, SVGA, XGA and SXGA, plus DTV/HDTV video rates of 720p, 1080i, 960p (quadrupling) and even 1080p.

Telecoms equipment group Bookham Technology - expected to be relegated from the Footsie this week - continued to take a battering, down 67p at 960p, while Marconi fell 15p to 720p.