The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
    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
    Chamber of Deputies Budget Committee meets on 2019 budget
and 2019-2021 forecast (1315 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    (*) TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    The Italian phone group sacked Chief Executive Amos Genish
while he was away on business in Asia on Tuesday, ousting a man
viewed by some directors as an obstacle to their campaign for a
more aggressive shake-up at the company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1XO2M5
    Genish told La Stampa in an interview on Wednesday that he
"had been caught in the crossfire between (TIM's shareholders)
Vivendi and Elliott" adding he was worried about Elliott's plan
to break up the company.
    
    (*) BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Shares in the Italian bank closed down 48.65 percent on
Tuesday, after the ailing lender announced a 400 million euro
cash call as part of a two-step rescue financed by the country's
banking industry.
    Italian market watchdog Consob said on Wednesday it was
imposing a full short-selling ban on Carige shares for the
session. 
         
    UNIEURO  UNIR.MI 
    Board meetingo n H1 results, followed by conference call
(1700 GMT).
    
    ERG  ERG.MI 
    Conference call on Q3 results.
    
    GEOX  GEO.MI 
    'Investore Day' to present 2019-2021 strategic plan.
    
    Board meetings on Q3 results: PIRELLI & C.  PIRC.MI ,
PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI  followed by conference call, ACOTEL  ACO.MI ,
AEDES  AEDI.MI , AEROPORTO DI BOLOGNA  ADB.MI , AQUAFIL
 ECNL.MI , ASCOPIAVE  ASCI.MI , ASTM  ATMI.MI , B&C SPEAKERS
 37B.MI  (1000 GMT), CAIRO COMMUNICATION  CAI.MI , CEMBRE
 CEMB.MI , CLASS EDITORI  CLED.MI  (1430 GMT), COMPAGNIA
IMMOBILIARE AZIONARIA  CIAZ.MI , CONAFI PRESTITO  COPR.MI ,
EL.EN.  ELEN.MI , EMAK  EM.MI , EUKEDOS  EUKE.MI , EXPRIVIA
 XPR.MI , FULLSIX  FUL.MI , GIGLIO GROUP  GGTV.MI , GUALA
CLOSURES  GCL.MI , IL SOLE 24 ORE  S24.MI , IMA  IMAI.MI , IRCE
 IRC.MI , ISAGRO  IGS.MI  (1430 GMT), ITWAY  ITWY.MI , LA DORIA
 LDO.MI , LVENTURE GROUP  LVEN.MI , MARR  MARR.MI  followed by
conference call, ARNOLDO MONDADORI EDITORE  MOED.MI  followed by
conference call, MONDO TV  MTV.MI , PANARIAGROUP  PAGR.MI , RAI
WAY  RWAY.MI  followed by conference call, RATTI  RATI.MI ,
REPLY  REY.MI , SAES GETTERS  SAEI.MI , SALINI IMPREGILO
 SALI.MI , SERVIZI ITALIA  SERIT.MI , SIAS-SOCIETA INIZIATIVE
AUTOSTRADALI E SERVIZI  SIS.MI , TINEXTA  TNXT.MI  followed by
conference call, TOSCANA AEROPORTI  TYA.MI .
    
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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/