The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
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COMPANIES
TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI
The chairman of Italy's biggest phone group, Fulvio Conti,
is considering stepping down after just over a year in office in
a move that signals an easing of tensions between the phone
company's main shareholders, Conti said in a statement.
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Telecom Italia may resume discussions on a conversion of its
savings shares into ordinary stock at a board meeting on Sept.
26, a source close to the situation said on Thursday.
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UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
U.S. asset manager BlackRock BLK.N held just below 5% of
voting rights in the Italy's largest bank as of Sept. 9,
according to a regulatory filing. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N25O00Z
MEDIASET MS.MI
Third-quarter operating results will be higher than in the
same period of 2018, the Italian broadcaster's Chief Executive
Pier Silvio Berlusconi said in a statement. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N25O00W
BANCA MEDIOLANUM BMED.MI
Top investors Gruppo Doris and Fininvest said on Thursday
they had decided to put the renewal of their shareholder pact on
ice pending judicial decisions on Fininvest's stake.
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BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
The rating agency Moody's extended its review for downgrade
on the ratings on Cassa Centrale Banca in order to assess the
impact of the potential acquisition of Carige. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nMDY3b73tn
ASTALDI AST.MI
The Italian construction group reported revenues of 716
million euros and an ebitda of 30 million euros in the first
half of 2019. Backlog for construction and plant stood at 7.6
billion at the end of June. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA9bJG0G
EL.EN. ELEN.MI
The Italian laser equipment maker said on Thursday it was
confident its results could improve further above current
guidance and set an annual revenue growth target of "well above"
10%. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2630H8
SPACTIV SPTV.MI
Fashion label Elisabetta Franchi is set to list on the Milan
stock exchange following a business combination with shell
company Spactiv, in a deal that values the Italian clothing
brand at 195 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N25O011
MONRIF EDII.MI , POLIGRAFICI EDITORIALE POLI.MI
The boards of the two editorial companies approved the
incorporation of Poligrafici Editoriale in the parent Monrif
with an exchange ratio set at 1.27 new shares Monrif for 1
Poligrafici share.
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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/