Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 27

Digital Bros SpA

27/10/2017 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 
    Ratings agency S&P reviews sovereign debt rating on Italy. 
    Cabinet expected to meet to propose Bank of Italy Governor.  
    Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has proposed that 
Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco be re-appointed for a 
second six-year term, despite widespread criticism of the 
central banker by political parties, sources said on 
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1N12QJ 
     
    DEBT 
    Treasury sells 6.0 billion euros 6-month BOT bills. 
Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT. 
     
    COMPANIES 
     
    BANKS 
    The European Central Bank will be "careful" in its drive to 
reduce the euro zone's 843 billion euro ($990 billion) pile of 
bad loans, its vice-president said on Thursday, after Italian 
complaints that it would hurt the economy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1N19B4 
     
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI , ABERTIS  ABE.MC , HOCHTIEF  HOTG.DE , ACS 
 ACS.MC  
    Italy's Atlantia plans to improve its offer for rival 
Spanish toll roads operator Abertis to trump a 17.1 billion-euro 
bid from Spanish construction giant ACS's German unit Hochtief, 
two sources said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1N17GH 
     
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI  
    A mooted alliance between Fincantieri and Naval Group will 
involve civilian assets, which include shipyard STX France, and 
military assets, including submarines, according to 
Fincantieri's CEO Giuseppe Bono.  
     
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI  
    The bank signed an agreement with unions regarding the job 
losses expected from the acquisition and integration of Banca 
Marche, Banca Etruria and CariChieti.  
     
    ENI  ENI.MI  
    Releases Q3 results (0530 GMT), followed by conference call 
(1000 GMT). 
     
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI  
    Releases Q1 results, followed by conference call (0645 GMT). 
     
    ACEA  ACE.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results. 
     
    BANCA SISTEMA  BSTA.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call. 
     
    DANIELI & C.  DANI.MI  
    Annual general meeting (1200 GMT). 
     
    DIGITAL BROS  DIB.MI  
    Annual general meeting (0700 GMT). 
     
    S.S. LAZIO  LAZI.MI  
    Annual general meeting (1300 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/OCT. 27