Italy - Factors to watch on May 15

Datalogic SpA

15/05/2020 05:00

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
    ISTAT releases March orders and sales data (0800 GMT) and
April final CPI and HICP data (0900 GMT).
    Bank of Italy releases March data on public finances, state
borrowing and debt.
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces minimum guaranteed annual real coupon for
new five-year BTP Italia bond.
    
    CORONAVIRUS 
    Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 262 on
Thursday, against 195 the day before, the Civil Protection
Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose to 992 from
888 on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2A702J
    
    COMPANIES
    
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    Conference call on Q1 results (0700 GMT).
    The group said on Thursday it will discuss with ship owners
possible delivery postponement of units in its portfolio to
avoid cancellations of already acquired orders as a result of
the coronavirus outbreak's hit on the cruise industry.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW7NB
    
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI 
    Fondazione CRC on Thursday said its stake in UBI was
unchanged at 5.9%.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW6XO
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Eni said on Thursday its board had re-appointed Claudio
Descalzi as CEO.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW7PD
    
    SARAS  SRS.MI 
    The company will wait until Q3 or year-end before taking a
decision on dividend, it said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW6NG
    
    UNIPOL GROUP  UNPI.MI  and UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Release Q1 results (0500 GMT), followed by conference call
(1000 GMT).
    
    POSTE ITALIANE  PST.MI 
    Annual general meeting (1200 GMT).
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    Releases Q1 results (before bourse opening), followed by
conference call (0830 GMT).
    
    M&A
    CVC Capital Partners has entered into exclusive talks with
Serie A to invest up to 2.2 billion euros ($2.37 billion) into
Italy's top-flight soccer league's broadcasting rights business,
sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
    
    MASSIMO ZANETTI BEVERAGE GROUP  MZB.MI 
    Italy's Massimo Zanetti said on Thursday it needed two or
three months more to assess the likely impact of the coronavirus
outbreak on its 2020 results after reporting a fall in
first-quarter core profit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW6Y6
    
    SOLE 24ORE  S24.MI 
    The publisher said on Thursday it posted a net loss of 5.9
million euros, worsening from a loss of 1.7 million euros last
year due to COVID-19 crisis.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIAkb5gk   
    
    EDISON  EDNn.MI 
    The company reported a 24% drop in first-quarter revenue to
1.8 billion euros as the coronavirus crisis reduced the demand
for electricity and gas. In the same period core earnings were
almost flat at 180 million euros. Edison said it was premature
to confirm the previous forecast for 2020 core earnings.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNDL7mZXpG
    
    DATALOGIC  DAL.MI 
    The company on Thursday said its revenue fell 14%
year-on-year to 124.2 million in the first quarter. Adjusted
core earnings came in at 7.3 million euros, down from 21.6
million euros one year ago due. The group expects Covid-19
pandemic to have a bigger impact on the group's results in the
second quarter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA7G49qq
    
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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/