Graphic - Italian industry started second quarter in the red

By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - Data on Friday confirmed Italian industry entered the second quarter on a down note with contractions in sales and orders to go along with an earlier production slide. It stood in sharp contrast to the general improvement across the euro zone. New orders contracted 0.7 percent in April, a better month-on-month showing from minus 4.3 percent in March, but still in the red. Sales slid to minus 0.5 percent from a 0.4 percent increase. Both numbers gelled with earl