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
Rating agencies S&P Global reviews sovereign debt rating on
Italy.
DEBT
Treasury sells 6.0 billion euros new 6-month BOT bills.
Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.
Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on April 30.
COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The collapse of merger talks between Commerzbank CBKG.DE
and Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE is good news, a top Commerzbank
shareholder said on Thursday, betting that the bank will seek an
alternative deal with another European rival.
The most likely suitors are Italy's UniCredit and BNP
Paribas BNPP.PA , said Fabrice Theveneau, head of global
equities at Lyxor Asset Management, which is the 13th-biggest
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ENI ENI.MI
Algerian energy company Sonatrach said it signed on Thursday
a memorandum of understanding with the Italian energy group to
renew a contract to supply Algerian natural gas to Italy.
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PORTALE SARDEGNA PSAR.MI
Board meeting on FY results.
Annual general meetings: AMBROMOBILIARE AMBA.MI ,
EDILIZIACROBATICA EDAC.MI (1400 GMT), GAMENET GROUP GAME.MI ,
POLIGRAFICI EDITORIALE POLI.MI (0830 GMT), ROSETTI MARINO
YRM.MI (0900 GMT), SOFTEC YSFT.MI (1500 GMT), ZUCCHI GROUP
ZUCI.MI .
Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings: ENAV
ENAV.MI (1300 GMT), SOGEFI SGFI.MI (1400 GMT).
Board meetings on Q1 results: BB BIOTECH BIO.MI , SOGEFI
SGFI.MI .
De-listed as of Friday: CASA DAMIANI DMN.MI , GRUPPO
CERAMICHE RICCHETTI RICC.MI , PLT ENERGIA PLTEN.MI .
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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/
(Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
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