Reuters figures bad news for FTSE

Reuters paced the decline after the financial-data provider didn't raise its sales forecast. Reuters, declined 4% to 351.75p as its forecast for 1% to 2% sales growth in the second half, disappointing analysts. Amvescap also dropped after the money manager reported it lost clients in the third quarter, Amvescap, the owner of Aim mutual funds, lost 2.9% to 336p as clients pulled $4.3bn last quarter, the eighth straight period of withdrawals. AstraZeneca, the UK's No.2 drugmaker, retreated as investors including Peter Sehested at LD Pension saw better earnings prospects from rival GlaxoSmi...