Italy - Factors to watch on Nov. 8

Cementir Holding NV

08/11/2017 05:00

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 . 
     
    POLITICS 
    Gondolas and water taxis will never again have to vie with 
big cruise ships for space in front of Venice's iconic St. 
Mark's Square, an Italian governmental committee decided on 
Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND7Z6  
    Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti speaks before Chamber of 
Deputies and Industry committees on the European developing 
programme for the defence sector (0730 GMT). 
    Veneto Region Governor Luca Zaia speaks before the Fiscal 
Federalism Committee (1300 GMT). 
     
    ECONOMY 
     Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Tuesday 
that third-quarter growth accelerated to about 0.5 percent 
compared with the previous three months, after expanding 0.3 
percent in the second quarter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1LZ013 
    Bank of Italy releases October data on Target 2 liabilities 
and European Central Bank funding to Italian banks. 
     
    DEBT 
    Italy's Treasury said on Tuesday it would sell 5.5 billion 
euros in 12-month bills at auction on Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1MU02F  
    Treasury announces sale of BTP bonds, with relative amounts 
to be auctioned on Nov. 13. 
     
    COMPANIES 
    BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA  BMPS.MI  
    Italy's fourth-largest bank, rescued from the brink of 
collapse by a state bailout, returned to the black in the third 
quarter thanks to one-offs.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND7R6 
     
    MEDIASET  MS.MI  
    The Italian broadcaster said on Tuesday it expected to 
achieve a positive operating and net results this year, after 
posting third quarter sales broadly in line with last year. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1MU02A 
    The CFO said there was no news with regards to a possible 
agreement with Vivendi  VIV.PA  and that Mediaset had not 
received an offer from the French group.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1LF00D 
     
    CAMPARI  CPRI.MI  
    The beverage group could take a pause in its campaign to 
sell non-core assets, CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz said on Tuesday 
after the beverage group reported a healthy growth in nine-month 
organic sales.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND5LA 
 
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI  
    Chief Executive Valerio Battista said on Tuesday that 
reaching an adjusted EBITDA of around 730 million euros for 
full-year 2017 is "challenging but feasible".  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND7P1 
     
    TOD'S  TOD.MI  
    The group's chairman and majority owner Diego Della Valle is 
starting to consider his future role in the company, after the 
Italian luxury group made a surprise appointment of a new CEO, 
sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND74K 
     
    INWIT  INWT.MI  
    The group said on Tuesday 9-month revenue was 261.8 million 
euros, up from 248.8 million euros in the same period last year. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ND149 
    Conference call on Q3 results (0930 GMT). 
     
    CREVAL  PCVI.MI  
    Mid-sized Italian bank Creval said on Tuesday it would seek 
to sell new shares for up to 700 million euros ($811 million) to 
fund a balance-sheet clean up under its new business plan. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ND7LP 
     
    ENEL  ENEI.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results. 
     
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, press release on Nov. 9. 
     
    ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI  GASI.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, press release on Nov. 9. 
     
    YOOX NET-A-PORTER  YNAP.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call 
(1700 GMT). 
     
    BANCA GENERALI  BGN.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call 
(1300 GMT). 
     
    BPER BANCA  EMII.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call 
(1700 GMT). 
     
    CEMENTIR  CEMI.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results. 
        
    GEOX  GEO.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, Q3 revenues, press release and 
conference call at 1630 GMT. 
     
    HERA GROUP  HRA.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call 
(1430 GMT). 
     
    SAFILO GROUP  SFLG.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results (Q3 main indicators), followed 
by conference call (1730 GMT). 
     
    TAS GROUP  TAS.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results. 
        
 
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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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/NOV. 8