Italy - Factors to watch on May 24

Bastogi SpA

24/05/2018 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 .
    
    POLITICS 
    President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday gave political
novice Giuseppe Conte a mandate to lead the first government in
Italy made up of anti-establishment parties that have vowed to
shake up the European Union. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SU549
    Giuseppe Conte, the little-known law professor named as
Italian prime minister on Wednesday after surviving criticism he
had inflated his academic credentials, will now have to prove he
is up to the job of leading the euro zone's third largest
economy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SU5ZK
    
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco speaks at international
meeting of prevention of corruption and transparency managers in
Rome (0730 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    The EU executive warned Italy's incoming government on
Wednesday that it should go on cutting the country's heavy
public debt as EU officials pointed to market pressure as a more
effective form of euro zone discipline than finger-wagging from
Brussels. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SU3CM    
    Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on May 29.
    Italy's Treasury said on Wednesday it would offer up to 3
billion euros ($3.51 billion) in bonds at an auction on May
28. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1S302P
    
    COMPANIES
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Italy's communications regulator AGCOM said on Wednesday the
government would auction frequencies for fifth-generation mobile
services in September, in a move it expects to raise at least
2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) for state coffers. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1S302R
    
    AUTOGRILL  AGL.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT) and board meeting on
revenues up to April 30, 2018.
    
    BOMI ITALIA  BOMI.MI 
    Ends capital increase.
    
    COSTAMP GROUP  MBRA.MI 
    Investor presentation "Business Model and Growth Strategy"
with Chairman and CEO Marco Corti (0930 GMT).
    
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1200 GMT).
    
    WIIT  WIIT.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results.
    
    BASTOGI  BTGI.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    EEMS  EEMS.MI 
    Annual general meeting.
    
    JUVENTUS  JUVE.MI  
    Napoli appointed the much-travelled and hugely successful
Carlo Ancelotti as their new coach on Wednesday, handing him the
job of trying to end Juventus' dominance of Serie A. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SU6EF
    
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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/