Italy - Factors to watch on May 23
23/05/2019 05:00
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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 .
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on May 28.
COMPANIES
INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
Italy's biggest retail bank will offload only up to 50
percent of a 10 billion euro portfolio of so-called
"unlikely-to-pay" loans whose sale it is negotiating with
Prelios, three sources familiar with the matter said on
Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22Y5YF
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
UniCredit is planning to sell up to $5.6 billion of soured
loans, Bloomberg said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N22Y3WH
ENI ENI.MI
Ivory Coast has awarded four new offshore oil and gas
blocks, two to France's Total and two to Eni, a government
spokesman said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22Y5R0
Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar told French
President Emmanuel Macron that conditions for a ceasefire were
not in place, although he would be ready to talk if those
conditions were met. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22Y5K8 Eni is the biggest foreign oil
and gas producer in Libya.
ENEL ENEI.MI
Italy's biggest utility has completed the refinancing of
part of its portfolio of non-convertible subordinated hybrid
bonds through a non-binding voluntary exchange offer for the
repurchase of hybrid bonds maturing on January 2075 and January
2074, company said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA2NG1hM
AUTOGRILL AGL.MI
Annual general meeting (0830 GMT) and board meeting on Q1
results (revenues).
STMICROELECTRONICS STM.MI
Annual general meeting.
TITANMET TTT.MI
Board meeting on FY results.
Annual general meetings: BASTOGI BTGI.MI (0830 GMT),
CONAFI COPR.MI (0900 GMT), ITWAY ITWY.MI (0700 GMT).
DIARY
Palermo, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends events in
occasion of the 27th anniversary celebration of 'massacre of
Capaci' (0705 and 0800 GMT).
Rome, state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti holds annual
general meeting.
Milan, 'Finance & Banking Summit' on "Banking and Financial
Services in the Fintech Era" with European Commission official
Mario Nava, Interbank Fund for Deposit Protection President
Salvatore Maccarone, OpenjobMetis OJM.MI CEO Rosario Rasizza
(0720 GMT).
Milan, UniCredit CRDI.MI ends closed-door conference
"Italian Investment Conference 2019" (0630 GMT). Plenary session
with UniCredit CEO Jean Pierre Mustier and Co-CEO Olivier
Khayat, Lavazza CEO Antonio Baravalle, Italmobiliare ITMI.MI
CEO Carlo Pesenti, Pirelli PIRC.MI CEO Marco Tronchetti
Provera.
Milan, AIPB-Private Banking Italian Association holds
conference on "Innovative and Alternative Assets for Private
Banking: Advantages for the Country and for Performance" with
Economy Ministry General Director Stefano Scalera (1430 GMT).
Milan, closed-door event "The Future Makers" organised by
Boston Consulting Group ends (0630 GMT); expected attendees
include Poste Italiane PST.MI CEO Matteo Del Fante.
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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/