Italy - Factors to watch on July 16

ABC SpA SB

16/07/2018 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
    Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot
vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
    
    For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on
 IT/DIA .
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases May foreign trade data (0800 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    Private broadcaster Mediaset MS.MI said on Sunday it had
reached a deal with British media group Perform to offer its
pay-TV subscribers Italy's Serie A soccer matches.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1UB0PR
    The audience of the private broadcaster has increased by
650.000 viewers in a normal day and by 3.2 million spectators in
the prime time during the world soccer championship, Il Sole 24
Ore said on Saturday, citing calculations based on Auditel data.
    
    CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Banca Carige investor Raffaele Mincione wants to raise his
stake in the Italian lender to above 9.99 percent, a source
close to the matter said, in a move that could further
complicate its turnaround efforts. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1U94XA
    
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    At the end of July France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire
will travel to Rome to tell the Italian government that Paris
wants to press on with the alliance between Fincantieri and
Naval Group, Il Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday. The
alliance has been dubbed 'Poseidon project', the daily said. 
    
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI  
    Norges Bank held a 3.5 pct stake in the cables maker as of
July 11, a filing with market regulator showed on Friday. 
    
    ITALIAN BANKS
    The ECB Supervisory Board has given its green light to the
creation of Gruppo ICCREA, a step needed to reform Italian
mutual banks, several newspapers said on Saturday.
    
    M&A
    Terra Firma has received four binding bids for its solar
assets in Italy (RTR), Il Sole 24 Ore said on Saturday adding
the value of the bids for the equity did not go beyond 650
million euros. 
    
    STEFANEL  STEP.MI 
    The company said CEO Cristiano Portas has handed in his
resignation to pursue other professional
opportunities. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1U90HF
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    The insurer has signed an agreement for the sale of a
majority of its German life insurance unit Generali Leben to
private equity-backed Viridium announced earlier this month.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1U90H4
    
    CDR ADVANCE CAPITAL  CDRU.MI 
    Trades ex-dividend.
    
    PIERREL  PRL.MI 
    Starts capital increase, ends on Aug. 3.
    
    BREMBO  BRBI.MI 
    Chairman and President of Italy-China Foundation Alberto
Bombassei attends annual report presentation "China, Scenarios
and Outlook for Italian Companies" in Milan (1200 GMT).
    
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    For Italian market data and news, click on codes in 
brackets:

    20 biggest gainers (in percentage)............ .PG.MI 
    20 biggest losers (in percentage)............. .PL.MI 
    FTSE IT allshare index  .FTITLMS 
    FTSE Mib index........  .FTMIB 
    FTSE Allstars index...  .FTSTAR 
    FTSE Mid Cap index....  .FTITMC 
    Block trades..........  .BLK.MI 
    Stories on Italy......  IT-LEN 
    
    For pan-European market data and news, click on codes in 
 brackets:
  European Equities speed guide................... EUR/EQUITY 
  FTSEurofirst 300 index.............................. .FTEU3 
  DJ STOXX index...................................... .STOXX 
  Top 10 STOXX sectors........................... .PGL.STOXXS 
  Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors...................... .PGL.STOXXES 
  Top 10 Eurofirst 300 sectors................... .PGL.FTEU3S 
  Top 25 European pct gainers....................... .PG.PEUR 
  Top 25 European pct losers........................ .PL.PEUR 
 
  Main stock markets:
  Dow Jones............... .DJI   Wall Street report ..... .N 
  Nikkei 225............. .N225   Tokyo report............ .T 
  FTSE 100............... .FTSE   London report........... .L 
  Xetra DAX............. .GDAXI   Frankfurt market stories .F 
  CAC-40................. .FCHI   Paris market stories... .PA 
  World Indices..................................... 0#.INDEX 
  Reuters survey of world bourse outlook......... EQUITYPOLL1 
  Western European IPO diary.......................... WEUIPO 
  European Asset Allocation........................ EUR/ASSET 
  Reuters News at a Glance: Equities............... TOP/EQE 
  Main currency report:............................... FRX/