** Home improvement retailer Kingfisher top FTSE 100 faller on weak Q3 profit
** Retail profit £223 mln v analysts' avg forecast of £234mln pounds, according to a company-compiled consensus
** Blames soft market in France and adverse FX
** Stock -2.6%, taking drop since Nov 19 peak to 6.3%,second-most actively traded UK blue chip, with a fifth of 90-daydaily avg through in <20 mins
(RM: tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)