Italy - Factors to watch on Sept. 20
20/09/2018 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
Italy's government is not getting "hung up" over decimal
places as it prepares the 2019 budget, Prime Minister Giuseppe
Conte said on Wednesday, amid market fears the cabinet might
sanction a surge in deficit spending. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1W55IZ
Milan, President Sergio Mattarella visits IRCCS Istituto
Nazionale dei Tumori (0900 GMT).
Rome, Cabinett expected to meet on safety law decree and
immigration.
ECONOMY
Rome, newspaper Messaggero celebrates 140th anniversary with
Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Caltagirone CALI.MI
Chairman Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Economy Minister
Giovanni Tria (1700 GMT).
Varenna, first day of three-day conference on
"Administrative Studies" organised by state auditor (1330 GMT);
ends on Sept. 22. Expected attendees include Lombardy Region
Governor Attilio Fontana, state auditor President Angelo
Buscema, Constitutional Court President Giorgio Lattanzi.
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Sept. 25.
COMPANIES
ENI ENI.MI
An Italian court found oil services group Saipem and a
former CEO guilty of corruption in a long-running trial over
bribes in Algeria but acquitted oil major Eni. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1W54T5
Milan court sentence expected on two defendants in Eni -
Nigeria fast-track corruption trial.
SAIPEM SPMI.MI
Saipem said it reserved the right to appeal the court ruling
in the Algeria corruption case. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1VP00Q
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI
The Industry Ministry said on Wednesday bids at the end of
the fifth day of the auction for 5G spectrum totaled 3.838
billion euros, above the minimum of 1.3 billion euros Rome had
inked in in its budget plans.
UBI BANCA UBI.MI
Capital Research and Management has a stake of 5.03 percent
in the bank, according to stock market filings.
BIM BIM.MI
The bank's board approves sale and securitization of NPL
Portfolio Of Gross Book Value Of 600 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1W50MT
BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
Shareholders' meeting to appoint new board (0800 GMT).
Proxy adviser ISS has recommended shareholders vote for the
minority board slate proposed by Italian fund manager
association Assogestioni.
AEFFE AEF.MI
Italian fashion group Aeffe sees Q3 results in line with
first half. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1VP00O
MONCLER MONC.MI
Moncler's third quarter of the year is "going well" and the
company's new monthly collection strategy dubbed "Genius" is
performing above expectations, the CEO and Chairman of the
luxury outerwear group said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1W43UA
S.S.LAZIO LAZI.MI
Board meeting on FY results.
OVS OVS.MI
OVS said its first-half IFRS net result turned to a profit
of 5.1 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1W50MW
Conference call on H1 results (1300 GMT).
Board meetings on FY results: INDUSTRIAL STARS OF ITALY 3
IN3.MI , MEDIOBANCA MDBI.MI (press release and conference
call on Aug. 1).
Board meetings on H1 results: BLUE FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION
BBLUE.MI , CAPITAL FOR PROGRESS 2 CFP2.MI , FULLSIX FUL.MI ,
GRUPPO CERAMICHE RICCHETTI RICC.MI , SCM-SOLUTIONS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT SIM SCM.MI , TECHNOGYM TGYM.MI .
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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/