Italy - Factors to watch on March 15

Clabo SpA

15/03/2019 05:00

MILANO, March 14 (Reuters) - 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 .
        
    ECONOMY
    Italy must be careful not to reduce its primary surplus
excessively if it wants to keep its large public debt under
control despite a weak output growth, the central bank governor
warned on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N20M04U
    ISTAT releases January industry orders and sales data (0900
GMT) and February CPI and HICP final data (1000 GMT).
    Bank of Italy releases January data on public finances,
state borrowing and debt.
    
    COMPANIES
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Italy' biggest phone group reiterated its full confidence in
Chairman Fulvio Conti. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21173O
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI  - Societe Generale  SOGN.PA  held a
potential 4.98 percent stake in Italy's top insurer, partly
through a number of financial instruments, according to a
regulatory filing.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N20M053
    
    AUTOGRILL  AGL.MI 
    The Italian caterer said is looking at every M&A option that
can create value. It said it would not embark in an acquisiiton
that pushed net debt over 3 times Ebitda (earnings before
interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N0OY02F 
    
    BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI 
    The Italian luxury group said it expects to double its sales
in 10 years to 2028 after reporting a rise of 8.8 percent in
2018 Ebitda.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2110NJ  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2110QP
    The company's CEO said succession issues have been settled
with the creation of a trust fund.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2100BA
    
    OVS  OVS.MI 
    Italian investor TIP  TIP.MI  owns 22.7 percent of the
retailer and does not intend to acquire control of the company.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2110R5
    
    CERVED  CERV.MI 
    The Italian credit servicer's board approved a slate of
candidates to renew the board, indicating Andrea Mignanelli as
its proposed CEO.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA563f47
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Releases FY results, followed by strategy presentation and
news conference with Chairwoman Emma Marcegaglia and CEO Claudio
Descalzi.
    
    SALINI IMPREGILO  SALI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    PRADA  1913.HK 
    Releases FY results, followed by conference call (1330 GMT).
    
    UNIPOL GROUP  UNPI.MI  and UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Releases FY results (preliminary results on Feb. 8).
    
    CLABO  CLAB.MI 
    Extraordinary shareholders' and warrant holders' meetings.
       
    Board meetings on FY results: 4AIM SICAF  4AIM.MI , BIESSE
 BSS.MI  (1000 GMT), CENTRALE DEL LATTE D'ITALIA  CLII.MI ,
CIRCLE  CIRC.MI , EUROTECH  E5T.MI , FIDIA  FDA.MI  (0900 GMT),
GIGLIO GROUP  GGTV.MI , GIMA TT  GIMA.MI  (preliminary results
on Feb. 15), IMA  IMAI.MI  (preliminary results on Feb. 15),
IRCE  IRC.MI  (1300 GMT), LONGINO & CARDENAL  LON.MI ,
PANARIAGROUP  PAGR.MI , RETELIT  LIT.MI , UNIEURO  UNIR.MI 
(revenues).
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets trade unions to
re-open construction sites (1230 GMT).
    Naples, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini attends Public Order and Security Committee (1400 GMT).
    Milan, launch of first edition prize-giving "Business is
Communication", Telecom Italia (TIM)  TLIT.MI  CEO Luigi
Gubitosi gives speech "The Culture of Growth"; Crédit Agricole
 CAGR.PA  Italian unit CEO Giampiero Maioli attends; RCS
MediaGroup  RCSM.MI  Chairman Urbano Cairo delivers closing
address (0815 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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((mailto:viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))