** Australian technology stocks .AXIJ fall as much as 7.3% to their lowest level since February 7, 2024
** Wall Street ended lower overnight, with Nasdaq declining 1.4%, as investors worried about AI creating more competition for software makers .N
** Accounting software maker Xero XRO.AX and TechnologyOne TNE.AX among top laggards on the benchmark index .AXJO, which is down 0.2%
** Xero falls 13.2%, TechnologyOne down 8.4% and logistics software maker WiseTech Global WTC.AX drops 8.6%
** Sub-index down 16.1% so far this year
(Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru)
((Sherin.Sunny@thomsonreuters.com))