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BUZZ-Moneysupermarket: founder selling sees stock fall further from record

** Price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com retreats further off a record hit early May as founder Simon Nixon sells c.3.7 pct of issued share capital of co (20 mln shares)

** Sale reduces Nixon's stake in co to c.12.8 pct; he remains on board as a non-exec director (Nixon end-March scrapped a plan to sell a stake of up to 6.4 pct in co )

** Stock down 6.9 pct, top FTSE 250 faller & poised for biggest one-day drop in 2.5 mths

** Co recently reported strong Q1 update, shares up by a fifth YTD (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)