The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
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DEBT
Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on Sept. 28.
The Treasury said it would offer up to 3.5 billion euros of
zero coupon and BTPei bonds at an auction on Sept.
27. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1BK01L
COMPANIES
BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI
European regulators expect the troubled lender will have to
turn to the government for support, three euro zone officials
with knowledge of the matter said, although Rome would strongly
resist such a move if bondholders suffered losses. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BY32C
SNAM SRG.MI
Germany's Allianz and Italian gas grid company Snam said
they will buy 49 percent of pipeline company Gas Connect Austria
from energy group OMV for 601 million euros ($675 million),
confirming an earlier Reuters report. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BY4NL
MOLESKINE MSK.MI
Belgian car importer D'Ieteren has agreed to buy a 41
percent stake in notebook maker Moleskine and will launch a
mandatory offer for the remaining shares of the Italian company,
which could see it delisted from the Milan bourse. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BY50H
FIAT CHRYSLER FCHA.MI
Canada's main autoworkers' union, Unifor, said on Thursday
that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was its next target in
negotiations, after securing a tentative deal with General
Motors earlier this week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1BY1IC
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The lender said on Thursday it had appointed Martha Dagmar
Bockenfeld as an independent non-executive board director.
ACEA ACE.MI
French waste and water group Suez has acquired an additional
10.85 percent stake in Italian environmental services group Acea
from construction and publishing group Caltagirone, it said on
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0CS
MONCLER MONC.MI
Eurazeo said its unit Ecip plans to sell 15 million Moncler
shares - equal to around 6 pct of Moncler's capital - via an
accelerated book building to institutional
investors. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0IU
ASTM ATMI.MI
The company reported a first-half net profit of 49.9 million
euros versus 49.0 million euros a year ago. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0IW
TISCALI TIS.MI
Tiscali and Huawei Italy have signed an agreement related to
broadband development in Italy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0IQ
CAD IT CAD.MI
The company reported a first-half net profit of 0.5 million
euros versus 0.3 million euros a year ago. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0IP
CONAFI PRESTITO COPR.MI
The company said its first-half net loss widened to 1.6
million euros ($1.80 million) versus loss of 1.2 million euros a
year ago. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1BY0IK
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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/
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/SEPT. 23