Weak-field magnetoresistance and universal conductance fluctuations ha
ve been studied at millikelvin temperatures in submicron wires of In-d
oped n(+)-CdTe and n(+)-Cd0.99Mn0.01Te. The fluctuations contain a per
iodic component of unknown origin. The giant spin-splitting of the ele
ctron states, caused by the s-d exchange interaction with the Mn spins
, results in the positive magnetoresistance and the temperature depend
ence of the fluctuation pattern.