Italy - Factors to watch on March 9

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09/03/2015 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. 
    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 . 
     
    TREASURY 
    Treasury announces sale of BTP bonds with relative amounts 
to be auctioned on March 12. 
    The Italian Treasury said on Friday it would offer 6.5 
billion euros ($7.1 billion) of Treasury bills (BOTs) at its 
regular mid-month auction on March 11. ID:nR1N0VD00F   
     
    Italy's state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti said on 
Saturday it would offer its first retail bond to help fund 
public works projects.  ID:nL5N0W90LG  
     
    EURO ZONE  
    Greece could call a referendum or have early elections 
should its euro zone partners reject its debt and growth plans, 
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a newspaper 
interview on Sunday.  ID:nL5N0WA0B2  
     
    COMPANIES 
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    The president of state lender CDP, keen to build out an 
ultrabroadband network, is looking to get a commitment from 
operators Vodafone and Wind to invest in fibre-optic group 
Metroweb and then bring on board Telecom Italia later, la 
Repubblica said on Saturday, without citing sources.  
     
    FINMECCANICA  SIFI.MI  
    Japan's Hitachi will pay Finmeccanica 9.5 euros for each 
share in the Italian firm's rail business Ansaldo STS after a 
dividend distribution adjustment to a previously agreed deal, 
the companies said in a joint statement on 
Friday. ID:nL5N0W8423  
     
    FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES  FCHA.MI  
    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne 
earned 31.3 million euros ($34 million) last year, including a 
bonus for cementing a deal that created the world's 
seventh-largest carmaker, a regulatory filing 
showed. ID:nL1N0W8219  
     
    GENERALI  GASI.MI  
    The insurer could pay a dividend per share higher than 
market consensus of 0.58 euros, Il Sole 24 Ore wrote on Sunday 
in an unsourced report. 
     
    RCS MEDIAGROUP  RCSM.MI , CAIRO COMMUNICATION  CAI.MI   
    Italian published Cairo, who owns 3 percent in RCS 
Mediagroup, may one day consider launching a takeover on the 
group that publishes the influential daily Corriere della Sera, 
la Repubblica wrote on Sunday in an analysis on the future of 
debt-laden RCS.      
     
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI  
    Italian motorway operator Atlantia is still open to selling 
a minority stake in its airport business AdR, its CEO said on 
Friday, adding the group was keen to swap it with a stake in 
another airport. ID:nL5N0W82K7  
     
    BANCO POPOLARE  BAPO.MI  
    The bank said in its annual 2014 report it needed to press 
ahead with "intelligent tie-ups" in order to remain a "a great 
independent joint stock bank", and not be eaten up by foreign 
banks or by the two top domestic lenders. 
     
    PARMALAT  PLT.MI  
    Italian food company Parmalat reported on Friday an 8.1 
percent drop in 2014 net profit to 203.1 million euros ($220.65 
million) as higher taxes and a drop in financial income more 
than offset a rise in sales. ID:nI6N0VX01K  
     
    BANCA POPOLARE DI VICENZA  BPVIC.UL  
    First quarter results "will be very positive", Gianni Zonin, 
chairman of Popolare Vicenza told daily Il Sole 24 Ore on 
Sunday. Conditions for a possible merger with smaller rival 
Veneto Banca are now more favourable than before, but "it takes 
two to start a marriage", Zonin said. 
     
    SAFILO  SFLG.MI   
    The company said on Friday it would not distribute a 
dividend.  
    
    GTECH  GTCH.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call 
(1715 GMT). 
  
    MOLMED  MLMD.MI  
    Capital increase starts; ends on March 27. 
     
    C.I.R.  CIRX.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (0900 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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/MARCH 9