Italy’s competition watchdog fined Amazon.com and British American Tobacco, saying the companies had misled consumers when advertising heated-tobacco devices.
U.K. stocks fell Friday, as the FTSE 100 Index finished down 0.30% at 7,572.58. Among FTSE 100 constituents, diversified reits company Land Securities Group.
By Joe Hoppe British American Tobacco said it swung to a pretax loss, driven by a previously reported write-down of its U.S. cigarette brands, but backed.