Italy - Factors to watch on August 12

E-Novia SpA

12/08/2024 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
    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 .
    
    COMPANIES
    Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.
    
    SARAS  SRS.MI 
    Vitol-backed Varas said on Friday it had crossed the 66.67%
threshold needed for extraordinary shareholder resolution after
buying out minority investors in the Italian oil refiner holding
in total 29.6% of its capital - meaning it owns 79.72% of Saras
when including its initial stake. It added it would reopen the
buyout offer, which has been extended to Aug. 16, between Aug.
26-30.
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    Italy's top insurer's shares closed down 1.9% after its
non-life segment was hit by the impact of natural disasters in
the  first-half of the year, while operating profit was boosted
by the group's life and wealth management businesses. 
    
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    The Chilean government applied new pressure on Friday on
Italian power distributor to expedite the process of restoring
power to customers who have been without electricity since a
severe storm caused prolonged service disruptions last week.
    
    AZIMUT  AZMT.MI 
    Founder and Chairman Pietro Giuliani was quoted as saying in
Saturday's Milano Finanza he "could neither deny nor confirm" a
foreign press report about Oaktree being in exclusive talks to
buy a stake in the Italian asset manager's Australian business,
adding that "something is happening."
    
    E-NOVIA  E9IA.MI 
    Starts capital increase; ends on Aug. 29.
    
    DIARY
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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/