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* FTSE 100 down 0.4%, FTSE 250 off 0.1%
Sept 4 (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 fell on Friday and was set
for its third straight weekly loss following a tech-fuelled
plunge on Wall Street, while Barratt and Persimmon tumbled as
the UK's competition regulator began an enforcement action on
certain housebuilders.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was
opening enforcement cases to focus on certain practices of
Barratt Developments BDEV.L , Persimmon Homes, Taylor Wimpey
TW.L and Countryside Properties CSPC.L , saying they might
have broken a consumer protection law in relation to leasehold
homes. Shares of all four housebuilders fell between 1% and 3.5% in
early trading, with the wider housebuilding index .FTNMX3720
shedding 1.2% to its lowest in more than two months.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE lost 0.4%, while the mid-cap
index FTSE 250 .FTMC dipped 0.1%.