Italy - Factors to watch on Nov. 18
18/11/2021 05:00
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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 .
GENERAL
Italy reported 72 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday
against 74 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections rose to 10,172 from 7,698,
breaching the 10,000 threshold for the first time since May 8.
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POLITICS
Curbing any increase in energy prices is a priority and a
matter of urgency, the Italy's Industry Minister Giancarlo
Giorgetti said in a statement on Wednesday, adding part of the
budget resources should be directed to reducing bills.
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DEBT
Italy raised $1 billion from the tap of a 30-year U.S.
dollar bond that attracted orders worth more than $2.2 billion
on Wednesday as the market grapples with growing expectations
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COMPANIES
IVECO GROUP CNHI.MI
Truckmaker Iveco Group, which will be spun off from parent
CNH Industrial, holds "Investor Day" in virtual mode (1330 GMT).
PRADA 1913.HK
"Capital Markets Day" with CEO Patrizio Bertelli, CFO
Alessandra Cozzani; Chairman Paolo Zannoni delivers closing
remarks (1300 GMT) in Milan.
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The lender said on Wednesday it expected to start the
execution of a buy-back programme for up to 652 million euros
after December 10th. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2S819B
NICE FOOTWEAR NFTW.MI
The Italian shoe retailer debuts on Euronext Growth Milan.
SOMEC SOME.MI
The company, specialized in the engineering of complex
turnkey projects in civil and naval architectures, said on
Wednesday it was in negotiations to increase its majority stake
in Fabbrica LLC up to 70.9% via unit 3.0 Partners USA.
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DESTINATION ITALIA DIT.MI
The company said on Wednesday that Integrae SIM exercised in
full greenshoe option on 472,500 ordinary shares. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2S819D
ARISTON GROUP
Italian heating solutions group Ariston Holding NV IPO
starts, ends on Nov. 24.
M&A, ALITALIA
The troubled Italian carrier, which last month was replaced
by state-owned ITA Airways, on Wednesday launched the sale of
its Millemiglia loyalty programme, in another step to dispose
its assets before being wound down. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2S8527
DIARY
Foreign Ministry, SACE, SIMEST, ICE, Conferenza Regioni and
Unioncamere hold third regional roadshow 'Target Export' in the
North-West (Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Aosta Valley) (0900
GMT).
ISPI holds "Strategic autonomy and defence: the stakes for
Europe and Italy" online conference with ISPI President and
Fincantieri FCT.MI Chairman Giampiero Massolo, EU Military
Committee President Claudio Graziano, Leonardo LDOF.MI
Chairman Luciano Carta (1600 GMT).
Mediobanca MDBI.MI holds "Beyond ESG and sustainability, a
new strategic direction" onlince conference with CEO Alberto
Nagel; round-table discussion with INWIT INWT.MI CFO Diego
Galli, Hera HRA.MI CFO Luca Moroni (1700 GMT).
Rome, President Sergio Mattarella attends Balzan Award
ceremony (1000 GMT).
Rome, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico attends
conference "A listening society" organised by Supervisory
Authority for Children and Adolescents on the occasion of World
Children's Day (0930 GMT).
Rome, Ambassador of Italy in Washington Mariangela Zappia
speaks via videoconference before Chamber of Deputies Foreign
Affairs Committee, the joint communication to the European
Parliament, the European Council and the Council on "A New EU-US
Agenda for Global Change" (1330 GMT).
Rome, state railways FS CEO Luigi Ferraris informally speaks
before Chamber of Deputies Transport Committee on the group's
activities (0730 GMT).
Rome, Excise, Customs and Monopolies Agency Director General
Marcello Minenna speaks before Illegal Gaming and Public
Gambling Dysfunctions Parliamentary Committee (1200 GMT).
Rome, Terna TRN.MI CEO Stefano Antonio Donnarumma speaks
before Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic
(COPASIR) on energy security in the current phase of ecological
transition (0900 GMT).
Rome, "NATO Industry Forum" with NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg, Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti (1330 GMT).
Rome, farmers' body Coldiretti and The European House
Ambrosetti start annual "Agricolture and Food forum" (0830 GMT);
end on Nov. 19. On Thursday news conference to present
Coldiretti/Censis report on Italians' eating habits in the
post-Covid era and the new census of the national food and wine
heritage with the exhibition of specialities saved from the
pandemic with CENSIS Director General Massimiliano Valerii,
Agriculture Minister Stefano Patuanelli, Coldiretti President
Ettore Prandini; expected attendees include Novamont CEO Catia
Bastioli, Agriculture Undersecretary Gian Marco Centinaio,
Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani, Regional
Affairs Minister Mariastella Gelmini, Industry Minister
Giancarlo Giorgetti, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, Telcom Italia
TLIT.MI (TIM) CEO Luigi Gubitosi, U. N. Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) Vice Director Maurizio Martina, EU Commission
representative Mauro Raffaele Petriccione, Health Minister
Roberto Speranza, Enel ENEI.MI Italian unit Director Carlo
Tamburi.
Milan, "Financecommunity Week 2021" continues (0745 GMT);
ends on Nov. 19.
Milan, Cattolica University holds meeting on "Social
responsibility: finance afterwards" with Archbishop of Milan
Monsignor Mario Delpini and Bank of Italy Milan headquarter
Director Giorgio Gobbi (0930 GMT).
Milan, new hearing of a trial into alleged false accounting
at the Italian unit of British Telecom BT.L in 2015 and 2016,
with 20 defendants, including two former senior BT executives
and the Italian subsidiary itself, facing charges.
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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/