Italy - Factors to watch on Aug. 1

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01/08/2017 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 . 
     
    POLITICS 
    Rome, Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and Italian 
Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda meet French Economy 
Minister Bruno Le Maire on Fincantieri  FCT.MI  - The 
Saint-Nazaire shipyards (STX). 
     
    ECONOMY 
    Markit/ADACI releases July PMI manufacturing (0745 GMT). 
    Transport Ministry releases July car sales data (1600 GMT). 
    July state sector borrowing requirement data. 
     
    COMPANIES 
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI  
    Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Monday the 
government would defend the country's interests in a spat with 
France over the STX shipyard "calmly but firmly".  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1KH001 
     
    SALVATORE FERRAGAMO  SFER  
    Italian luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo SFER.MI said 
on Monday its core profits were down 17.9 percent in the first 
half of the year, as the group kept a cautious outlook for what 
it described as "a transition period."  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1KM0XF 
    Salvatore Ferragamo Chief Executive Eraldo Poletto said the 
target of growing twice as fast as the market, announced with 
business plan in February this year, is a medium-term goal, 
group is progressing, "it's going to take time to get there". 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1HL00J 
    It said it sees improving trend for wholesale in the second 
half.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1HL00I 
     
    INTESA SANPAOLO  ISP.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 results, followed by conference call 
(1300 GMT). 
     
    BANCA INTERMOBILIARE  BIM.MI  
    The bank said it had signed an agreement to sell 100 percent 
of BIM Suisse to Banca Zarattini. & co.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1KM0YA 
     
    TISCALI  TIS.MI  
    The board set the price of shares in its cash call at 0.0376 
euros per share. 314,000,000 ordinary shares will be issued. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1KM0Y5 
     
    BASIC NET  BCNT.MI  
    Wolverine World Wide Inc  WWW.N  has sold its Sebago brand 
to Basic Net.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1KM10Q 
     
    ALITALIA  CAITLA.UL  
    Binding offers to buy Alitalia will involve either sale of 
company as a whole or separate sale of aviation and handling 
units.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1HQ02Q 
     
    ASCOPIAVE  ASCI.MI  
    H1 results presentation. 
     
    BUCCELLATI 
    News conference to present merger of maison Buccellati in 
Gangtai Group  600687.SS  with President and founder Gangtai 
Croup Xu Jiangang, Buccellati President Andrea Buccellati and 
CEO Gianluca Brozzetti. 
     
    EPS EQUITA PEP  EPSE.MI  
    Debuts on AIM segment; listing ceremony at 0630 GMT. 
     
    LVENTURE GROUP  LVEN.MI  
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings. 
        
    SAVE  SAVE.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 results. 
 
    Bourse After Hours market closed. 
            
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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/AUGUST 1