The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
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IT/DIA .
POLITICS
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told TV show
"Dirittoerovescio" that he would be happy if Cabinet
Undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti were appointed EU
Commissioner.
The captain of rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 said on Thursday
European states have no interest in finding a political solution
for the 42 migrants aboard her vessel, now positioned off the
Italian island of Lampedusa. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N23Y6EG
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases flash June CPI and HICP data (0800 GMT).
COMPANIES
ATLANTIA ATL.MI
Tensions between one of Italy's ruling parties and motorway
operator Atlantia burst into open warfare on Thursday after a
senior minister vowed to revoke its toll-road concession, saying
the firm would lose market value and be "cooked" as a
result. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N23Y62L
Asked whether the government should revoke Atlantia's
motorway concession, deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told
TV show "DirittoeRovescio" on Thursday evening that he was
waiting for a team of lawyers to say what should be done.
He also called for caution when commenting on companies to
avoid causing troubles to their employees.
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI
Italian phone group hopes the unanimous appointment of a
board member on Thursday will help improve relations between its
top shareholders ahead of crucial decisions on its network.
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MEDIASET MS.MI
Italy's largest commercial broadcaster is close to signing a
deal with Comcast's SKY Italia to purchase free-to-air
broadcasting rights of UEFA Champions League matches for the
next two seasons, two sources close to the matter said on
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N23Y6CK
FIAT CHRYSLER FCHA.MI
At Planet Ford, which boasts it is the No. 1 Ford volume
dealer in the Houston area, customers shopping for a 2019 F-150
pickup truck can get discounts from Ford Motor Co of more than
$8,000 - and that is just the start. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N23X1RX
DOVALUE DOVA.MI
Italy's top bad loan specialist doValue paid about 360
million euros ($409.2 million) to buy 85% of Altamira Asset
Management, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
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Annual general meetings: ENERGICA MOTOR COMPANY EMCC.MI
(0700 GMT), ENERTRONICA ENER.MI (1200 GMT).
Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings: CASTA DIVA
GROUP CDGI.MI (0900 GMT), GEQUITY GEQ.MI (1000 GMT), HEALTH
ITALIA HIA.MI (0900 GMT).
Extraordinary shareholders' meetings: CEMENTIR CEMI.MI
(0900 GMT), PIAGGIO PIA.MI (0900 GMT).
DIARY
Rome, Energy Authority AEEGSI expected to release energy and
gas fees effective from July 1, 2019.
Milan, ISPI holds meeting on European Union official Stefano
Manservisi on "The Internaional Co-operayion" (1600 GMT).
Turin, FCA FCHA.MI Chairman John Elkann interviews Spotify
SPOT.N CEO Daniel Ek during 'Italian Tech Week' (0700 GMT).
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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
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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/