Italy - Factors to watch on Dec. 3

Bialetti Industrie SpA

03/12/2021 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 .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 72 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday
against 103 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections rose to 16,806 from 15,085.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2PB026
    
    ECONOMY
    Fitch rating agency scheduled review on Italy's sovereign
debt rating.
    IHS Markit releases November service PMI data (0845 GMT).
    ISTAT releases Italian economy perspectives in 2021-2022
data (0900 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI , FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    KMW+Nexter Defence Systems (KNDS) is close to making a 650
million euro binding bid for Leonardo's OTO Melara and Wass
units, three sources said on Thursday, in a move that could
strengthen its position in the land defence sector.
    KNDS is pitted against Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri,
which expressed an interest in the units but has not started
formal due diligence and has put forward a less generous
proposal so far, the sources said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SN4M9
    
    TELECOM ITALIA (TIM)  TLIT.MI 
    The telecoms group is looking to draw up a list of
candidates on Friday to advise it on a takeover approach from
U.S. group KKR as banks jockey for position in Europe's biggest
ever private equity deal.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SN1OB
    
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    UniCredit is in the process of selecting a loan recovery
firm to service a 1 billion euro portfolio of so-called
unlikely-to-pay (UTP) loans, a person close to the matter said.
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    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1000
GMT).
    
    BIALETTI INDUSTRIE  BIA.MI 
    The company said on Thursday that Marco Deotto had entered
the group as chief financial officer.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2SN18L
    
    
    IPO, DATRIX
    The technology company specialising Big Data analysis debuts
on Euronext Growth Milan bourse segment.
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Cabinet meeting (morning).
    Rome, ISPI continues 7th edition of "Rome MED Dialogues"
(from 0800 GMT); expected attendees include: Prime Minister
Mario Draghi, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Italian Defence
Minister Lorenzo Guerini, Germany's Foreign Minister Niels
Annen, Lybia's Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, ISPI
President and Fincantieri  FCT.MI  Chairman Giampiero Massolo.
    Rome, Prime Minister Mario Draghi attends "4th Conference on
the family" (0915 GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Mario Draghi delivers videomessage at
convention "The New World/The Restart" organised by Guido Carli
Foundation (1630 GMT).
    
    
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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/