* ALT / Italy - Factors to watch on April 17

Carel Industries SpA

17/04/2020 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
    Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy increased by 525
on Thursday, down from 578 the day before, but the number of new
cases accelerated sharply to 3,786 from a previous 2,667.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2A7018
    
    ECONOMY
    Italy's budget deficit will be near 10% of gross domestic
product this year, a senior government official told Reuters, as
Rome increases borrowing to try to soften the impact of the new
coronavirus and the economy plunges into a deep recession.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2C45U1
    Italy will offer small savers a new inflation-linked bond
next month to raise funds to help the economy cope with the
coronavirus crisis.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2C466W
    ISTAT releases February foreign trade data (0800 GMT).   
    Bank of Italy releases 'Economic Bulletin'.
    
    COMPANIES
    CNH INDUSTRIAL  CNHI.MI  
    Italian trade unions said they had agreed with CNH
Industrial on health and security measures so the vehicle maker
is ready to resume work as soon as lockdown rules are eased.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2C402P
   
    NEXI  NEXII.MI 
    Italy's payment group announced the offering of 500 million
euros senior unsecured equity-linked bonds due in 2027. The
bonds will become convertible into ordinary shares after the
group's general meeting will give the go-ahead to a capital
increase.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA9hdcY0
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Board meeting.
    
    CAREL INDUSTRIES  CRLI.MI  
    The Italian company, manufacturing air conditioning and
refrigeration control systems, said that it has resumed a
significant part of the activity at its plant in Brugine, in the
north of Italy.   
    
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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/