Italy - Factors to watch on May 19
19/05/2021 05:00
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
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 201 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday
against 140 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections rose to 4,452 from 3,455.
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COMPANIES
MEDIOBANCA MDBI.MI
Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio has further raised
his stake in Mediobanca to 15.4% after the Berlusconi family
said this week it had liquidated its holding in the Milanese
merchant bank. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2N5563
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The boss of the Italian bank Andrea Orcel has cut his claim
against Santander SAN.MC over a rescinded offer to make him
chief executive by tens of millions of euros, sources said and a
court document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
The case, which stems from Santander's decision more than
two years ago to ditch plans to make Orcel its CEO after a
disagreement over pay, is due to be heard in a Madrid court on
Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2N5231
MONCLER MONC.MI
The board of the luxury group and its subsidiary Sportswear
Company, that holds the Stone Island brand, approved a partial
demerger plan of Sportswear Company in favour of Moncler.
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WEBUILD WBD.MI
Webuild Group and its partner in the IRICAV DUE consortium
have signed an agreement to start work on the second
construction lot of the Verona-Bivio Vicenza section of the
Verona-Padua high-speed railway, in a project worth 1.6 billion
euro million, it said. Webuild, which owns 83% of IRICAV DUE,
also signed an agreement for the definitive design of the
crossing of Vicenza, valued at approximately 720 million euros.
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TECHNOGYM TGYM.MI
Wellness Holding (TGH), which currently holds 39,7% of
Technogym's capital, has launched the sale of shares for up to
5.96% of the company's capital, through an accelerated book
building reserved to Italian investors and foreign institutional
investors. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2N50IU
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI (TIM)
Board meeting on Q1 results.
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
DIARY
G20 holds "2nd Academics informal gathering" via
videoconference.
Online event "Real Estate & Finance Summit - Future
scenarios in the post-COVID era" with economist and former ECB
Vice President Vitor Constancio, Prelios Group Chairman Fabrizio
Palenzona (0800 GMT).
IRTOP Consulting holds webinar "AIM retail investor day"
with Doxee DOXE.MI CEO Sergio Muratori Casali, Relatech
RLT.MI COO Silvio Cosoleto, Reti RETI.MI CEO Bruno
Paneghini, Gibus GBUSS.MI CEO Alessio Bellin, Energica Motor
Company EMCC.MI CEO Livia Cevolini, Industrie Chimiche
Forestali ICF.MI CEO Guido Cami, Innovatec INCI.MI CEO
Roberto Maggio, SCM SIM SCM.MI CEO Antonello Sanna, SG Company
SGCO.MI CEO Davide Verdesca, Kolinpharma KIP.MI CEO Rita
Paola Petrelli, FOPE FOPE.MI CEO Diego Nardin, Confinvest
CFVT.MI CEO Giacomo Andreoli, Portobello PORTO.MI Chairman
Pietro Peligra, Jonix JNXI.MI Chairman Mauro Mantovan and CEO
Antonio Cecchi, Digital Magics DMG.MI CEO Marco Gay, ABTG
ABTG.MI CEO Alfio Bardolla, Matica Fintec MFTC.MI CEO Sandro
Camilleri (0800 GMT).
"Business of Luxury Summit" starts online edition (0800
GMT); ends on May 20. Expected attendees include with Tod's
TOD.MI Chairman and CEO Diego Della Valle, Moncler MONC.MI
Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini.
ISTAT holds online event on "Objective Agriculture. The 7th
General Census as an essential information asset" with President
Giancarlo Blangiardo, Agriculture Minister Stefano Patuanelli
(1300 GMT).
Rome, ECB board member Fabio Panetta attends Italian banking
association (ABI) executive committee meeting (0800 GMT).
Rome, Education Minister Patrizio Bianchi speaks before
Childhood and Teenage Committee (0615 GMT).
Rome, Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi speaks before Chamber of
Deputies Constitutional Affairs Committee on the organisation
and powers of the city of Rome (1130 GMT).
Rome, Interior minister Luciana Lamorgese speaks before
Schengen Control Committee on the management of the migratory
phenomenon in the Schengen area (1200 GMT).
Rome, Ecology Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani speaks
before Waste Cycle Committee (1130 GMT).
Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends meeting via
videoconference on Airitaly (0800 GMT); CNH Industrial CNHI.MI
and IVECO meeting (1400 GMT); Aspen conference on "Companies
during the economic recovery: strengths and weaknesses" (1600
GMT).
((Milan newsroom, +39 02 6612 9507, fax +39 02 801149,
milan.newsroom@news.reuters.com))
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/