Italy - Factors to watch on Dec. 18

Banco di Desio e della Brianza

18/12/2020 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 .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 683 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday
against 680 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections rose to 18,236 from 17,572.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2HO003
    
    POLITICS
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    ECONOMY
    ISTAT-INPS-INAIL-ANPAL release Q3 'Joint quarterly note on
employment trends' (1100 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    MONTE DEI PASCHI  BMPS.MI , UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    Italy's Monte dei Paschi said it would approve a plan to
meet capital needs totalling up to 2.5 billion euros in
mid-January, as Rome scrambles to find a merger partner for the
state-owned bank.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2IX5OU
    
    UNICREDIT 
    Aviva and UniCredit expect non-binding bids for their
insurance joint-venture next week as the British insurer moves
to divest its Italian operations, three people close to the
matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2IX4XT
    
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Italy's biggest utility Enel kicked off the sale of up to
50% of fast broadband company Open Fiber to Australian
infrastructure fund Macquarie on Thursday, in a move that could
open the way to the creation of a full-fiber national network.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2IX5R2
    
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    The shipbuilder's Norwegian unit Vard signed a deal with
Netherlands's Van Oord for design and construction of a cable
laying vessel  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2IX166.
        
    BANCO DESIO  DESI.MI 
    The bank's new plan targets a profit of 54 million euros at
the end of 2023.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2IX161
    
    DIARY
    Think-tank Prometeia presents online the December forecast
report "The world economy on hold" (1330 GMT).
    Rome, Cabinet meeting (1700 GMT).
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies starts examination of 2021 budget
(0900 GMT).
    Rome, state broadcaster RAI CEO Fabrizio Salini speaks
before Chamber of Deputies RAI Supervisory Committee (0800 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/