Italy - Factors to watch on Dec. 29

Acinque SpA

29/12/2017 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. 
    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 . 
     
    POLITICS 
    Italy has scheduled a national election to take place on 
March 4 2018, a government source said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1OS20G 
     
    ECONOMY 
    ISTAT releases November and Q3 producer prices data (0900 
GMT) and and monthly bulletin on the state of the economy in 
December (1000 GMT). 
    Energy Authority AEEGSI releases energy and gas fees 
effective from Jan. 1, 2018. 
     
    DEBT 
    Investors hoovered up Italy's government bonds at an auction 
on Thursday as demand for the country's debt picked up again at 
higher yields after a recent sell-off prompted by concerns over 
an upcoming election. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1OS0XL 
     
    COMPANIES 
    Bourse After Hours market closed. 
     
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    Italy's antitrust authority has fined Telecom Italia and 
Vodafone Italia a total of around 10 million euros for abusing 
their dominant market position regarding service related to the 
mass-sending of corporate SMS, the watchdog said in a statement. 
TIM was fined 3.7 million euros and Vodafone Italia 5.8 million 
euros.  
     
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI  
    The lender said the ECB had set its minimum CET 1 ratio 
requirement for 2018 at 8.625 percent. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1OS054 
     
    PRELIOS  PCRE.MI   
    The sale of a stake of 44.86 percent in Prelios to Lavaredo, 
an investment vehicle of Burlington Loan Management at 0.116 
euros per share was concluded and Lavaredo will now launch a 
mandatory takeover offer on the remaining shares in the company 
at the same price, the selling investors said in a joint 
statement. Prelios separately said that Fabrizio Palenzona would 
join the company's board.  
     
    A2A  A2.MI , ACSM-AGAM  ACAG.MI   
    The companies said the validity of a memorandum of 
understanding with other utilities was extended to Jan. 
31. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1OS04Z 
     
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI  
    After the dissolution of Finsoe, Coop Alleanza 3.0 holds a 
stake of 22.148 percent of Unipol Group, the cooperative group 
said in a statement, adding it does not believe to exercise any 
control over Unipol's management nor any particular influence. 
Coop Alleanza also said it had signed a three-year shareholder 
pact with other Unipol investors. The pact relates to a combined 
shareholding in Unipol of 30.053 percent.  
     
    AMBIENTHESIS  ATH.MI   
    The company said it had won a contract for reclamation works 
worth 2 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1OS052  
     
    DAMIANI  DMN.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 results. 
     
    STEFANEL  STEP.MI  
    Extraordinary shareholders' meeting (0900 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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/DEC. 29