Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 19
19/10/2018 05:00
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
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
Capri, employers' association Confindustria starts annual
conference on "United, the Europe that We Are"; ends on Oct. 20.
Expected attendees include Invitalia CEO Domenico Arcuri, Banca
Mediolanum BMED.MI Chairman Ennio Doris, Salini impregilo
SALI.MI CEO Pietro Salini, Economy Minister Giuseppe Tria
(1230 GMT).
Cernobbio, Italy's biggest farmers lobby Coldiretti starts
annual forum on agriculture and eating (0700 GMT); ends on Oct.
20.
ECONOMY
European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici
holds news conference in Rome (1315 GMT).
Italy's planned budget plan does not pose a "Greek-like"
threat to European Union financial stability, the bloc's
financial services chief said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WY65A
Italy's 2019 budget draft is in serious breach of EU budget
rules, the European Commission told Rome on Thursday, in a step
that prepares the ground for what would be an unprecedented
rejection of a member state's fiscal plan. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WY6JF
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday its
deviation from EU fiscal targets was "not large", as the
European Commission warned of "particularly serious
non-compliance" in its draft budget for next year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WY6PV
COMPANIES
SALINI IMPREGILO SALI.MI , ASTALDI AST.MI
Italian construction company Salini Impregilo is looking at
the assets of troubled builder Astaldi but any eventual deal
must happen soon, a source close to the company said.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1WV00L
GENERALI GASI.MI
Italian entrepreneur Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has
rounded his stake in the insurer to around 4.45 percent while
Delfin, the holding company of Leonardo Del Vecchio has
increased his stake to around 3.3 percent, regulatory filings
showed on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WY5MC
PIOVAN PVNA.MI
Expected to debut on STAR segment of Italian Stock Exchange.
BRUNELLO CUCINELLI BCU.MI
President Brunello Cucinelli expected to attend a conference
on cooperative work (0730 GMT).
BB BIOTECH BIO.MI
Board meeting on Q3 results.
BIALETTI BIA.MI
Board meeting on H1 results.
UBI BANCA UBI.MI
Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0730
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/