Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 5
05/10/2022 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 .
POLITICS
Giorgia Meloni, set to become Italy's next prime minister,
promised "her full support" for Ukraine on Tuesday in a phone
call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, her Brothers
of Italy party said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2ZG0DH
ECONOMY
S&P Global releases September service and composite PMIs
data (0745 GMT).
ISTAT releases Q2 deficit/GDP ratio data (0800 GMT).
COMPANIES
(*) ENI ENI.MI
Italy's Eni will receive only part of the gas it has
requested from Russian supplier Gazprom GAZP.MM for Wednesday
after hindrances to gas dispatching through Austria have been
overcome, the company said on GME platform late on Tuesday.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2YA0IK
STELLANTIS STLA.MI , FERRARI RACE.MI , CNH INDUSTRIAL
CNHI.MI , IVECO IVG.MI
Italian unions representing workers at Stellantis, Ferrari,
Iveco and CNH Industrial will ask for a wage increase of at
least 6.5% for 2023 to help cover soaring energy and food bills,
two sources familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3154YU
BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA (MPS) BMPS.MI
Unions at the state-owned bank said 4,125 employees of MPS
had come forward to take up an early exit scheme. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3152TE
(*) Italy's Treasury is sounding out some of Italy's leading
banks and insurers and big investment funds to invest a total of
700 million euros in a new share sale by the state-owned bank,
Il Messaggero reported.
(*) ANIMA HOLDING ANIM.MI , POSTE ITALIANE PST.MI
Italy favours keeping Anima Holding in domestic hands and
could raise the stake in the country's biggest independent asset
manager it holds through the national post office, two people
close to the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3130JE
(*) STMICROELECTRONICS STM.MI
The European Commission said it accepted a
292.5-million-euro Italian measure under the Recovery and
Resilience Facility to support the company in building a plant
in the semiconductor value chain in Italy, which will create
around 700 new jobs. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N31609D urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN3151D8
TERNA TRN.MI
Italy's Ecological Transition ministry cleared the Eastern
branch of Terna's power line project, which connects with an
underwater cable the island of Sicily and the southern region of
Campania, the company said on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2ZG0DE
(*) DIASORIN DIAS.MI
The Italian diagnostic group said it had extended its
collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA) to obtain the approval of a rapid
COVID-19 and flu test in the United States. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN3151D6
INWIT INWT.MI
The board of Italy's top telecoms tower firm is expected to
meet on Wednesday to consider the appointment of a new managing
director after failing to find a new chief executive, sources
close to the situation said, adding the current head of finance
Diego Galli is one of the candidates for the role.
DIARY
3rd edition 'Made in Italy Summit' on "Driving
innovation, sustainability and resilience" online event
continues (1230 GMT); ends on Oct. 6. On Wednesday expected
attendees include Renault RENA.PA Group Chairman and CEO Luca
de Meo (1305 GMT), Elica ELC.MI Group CEO Giulio Cocci (1400
GMT).
Rome, administrative court holds hearing on complaint by
Fastweb-Aruba consortium against the awarding of the national
cloud hub's tender.
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.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/