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 .
ECONOMY
Bank of Italy releases May data on foreign investors
holdings of Italian government bonds.
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of BTP Short and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on July 25.
COMPANIES
AUTOGRILL AGL.MI
First of two-day suspension from negotiation ahead of
de-listing on July 24.
FINCANTIERI FCT.MI , LEONARDO LDOF.MI
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, the joint venture owned by
shipbuilder Fincantieri and defence group Leonardo, signed on
Wednesday a 190-mln-euro framework deal with Italy's defence
ministry to carry out maintenance works on three military ships.
ENI ENI.MI , SARAS SRS.MI
Italy's antitrust opened on Wednesday a probe into energy
groups Eni, Esso, IP, Iplom, Q8, Tamoil and Saras citing an
alleged cartel in transport fuel sales.
POPOLARE SONDRIO BPSI.MI
The bank said on Wednesday in a letter to its shareholders
it expects its first-half results to be above the targets laid
out in the industrial plan.
BFF BFF.MI
DBRS Morningstar has assigned the banking group a 'BBB'
(low) rating and 'stable' outlook.
DIARY
Rome, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso convenes meetings on
pharmaceutical (0800 GMT) and biomedical industries (1000 GMT).
Rome, Senate holds question time session with Infrastructure
and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, Culture Minister Gennaro
Sangiuliano, Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci (1300
GMT).
Rome, price guarantee commission holds meeting to monitor
major airline prices.
Rome, Chamber of Deputies Deputy Speaker Giorgio Mule
attends conference on "Nuclear power in Italy, scenarios and
prospects" (0730 GMT).
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))
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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/