Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 20

Acea SpA

20/02/2024 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
    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
    The Prometeia think-tank raised on Monday its estimates for
Italy's GDP growth in 2024 to 0.5%, from the 0.4% it had
forecast in December.
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of BTP Short and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Feb. 23.
    The Bank of Italy releases December data on foreign
investors holdings of Italian government bonds.
    
    COMPANIES
    ENI  ENI.MI , BF  BF.MI  
    Eni Natural Energies has agreed to buy around 17% of BF unit
Società Italiana Sementi for 25 million euros ($26.93 million),
BF said on Monday. It added that the operation, subject to
"golden power" rules, is expected to be completed by April.
    
    ANIMA HOLDING  ANIM.MI 
    Italy's competition authority said in a statement it will
not begin an investigation on Anima's purchase of Kairos from
Kairos Investment Management, part of the Julius Baer group
 BAER.S , as the operation does not significantly hamper
competition in the affected markets and will not result in the
creation or strengthening of a dominant position.
            
    A2A  A2.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
    
    INTERCOS  ICOS.MI  
    Italy's biggest make-up supplier said on Monday it
temporally suspended its IT services following a malware attack
the previous day. The suspension will not have a significant
impact on the group results, it said.

    DIARY
        Special G7 transport ministers meeting via
videoconference on the impact of the crisis in the Red Sea.
  
        Rome, at event "ROMA REgeneration Forum" (0900 GMT)
expected attendees include Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti,
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, Invitalia CEO Bernardo Mattarella,
Italian Paralympic Committee President Luca Pancalli, Poste
Italiane  PST.MI  Chairwoman Silvia Rovere, Industry Minister
Adolfo Urso, ACEA  ACE.MI  Chairwoman Barbara Marinali,
Aeroporti di Roma Chairman Franco Parasassi.
  
        Rome, Industry Minister Italy Adolfo Urso attends
meeting of Italy's tourist ports (1115 GMT).
  
    Milan, women's fashion shows "Milano Moda Donna 2024
Autumn/2025 Winter" start; end on Feb. 26.
        Turin, meeting on automotive with representatives from
Region, City of Turin, Metropolitan City, trade unions CGIL CISL
UIL, Industrial Union, Chamber of Commerce, ANFIA, API,
Stellantis (1400 GMT).
  
    
    ((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))
    
    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/ 


($1 = 0.9283 euros)