Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 27

ESI SpA

27/10/2020 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
    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
    Bank of Italy releases third-quarter bank lending survey
(0900 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Treasury sells 500-700 million euros 0.65% BTPei bonds due
May 15, 2026 and 2.0-2.5 billion euros CTZ bonds due Sept. 28,
2022. Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.
    Treasury said on Monday it would offer up to 6.5 billion
euros in bonds at auction on Oct. 29.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2HH3DD
    
    COMPANIES
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Deadline expires for a consortium led by State lender CDP to
present an improved offer for the motorway assets of the
infrastructure group.
    
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI 
    U.S. asset manager BlackRock held a potential stake in the
defence group of 6.384% as of Oct. 22, a market regulator filing
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2DT00T
    
    BPER BANCA  EMII.MI 
    Starts offering unoptioned capital increase rights, ends on
Oct. 28, subject to early closure.
    
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call
(1400 GMT).
    
    DIASORIN  DIAS.MI 
    The Italian medical diagnostics group said on Monday it had
obtained EU's 'CE' mark scheme for its LIAISON SARS-CoV-2 AG IgM
test, an antibody test for COVID-19, adding the test would be
soon available in the U.S. too. Diasorin said monthly production
would soon amount to 10 million units. 
    
    SAIPEM  SPMI.MI 
    Board meeting on Q3 results, press release on Oct. 28.
    
    CAMPARI  CPRI.MI 
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call
(1200 GMT).
    
    ACEA  ACE.MI 
    News conference to present 2020-2024 industrial plan (1300
GMT).
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI , FERROVIE (unlisted)
    State railways Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) said on Monday it
would cooperate with judicial authorities as part of a probe
related to the awarding of contracts to Generali. Ferrovie Chief
Executive Gianfranco Battisti has mandated his lawyers to take
action to protect his reputation, FS added.
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    S&P has improved its outlook on the insurer's BBB rating to
'stable' form 'positive'.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA3R4Gp3
    Starts offering shares subject to withdrawal; ends on Nov.
26.
    
    BUZZI UNICEM  BZU.MI  
    A Brazilian joint venture 50%-owned by the Italian cement
maker has agreed to buy CRH's operations in the country for $218
million, Buzzi Unicem said on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2HH18M  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA7rRcnC
    
    TECHEDGE  TEDGE.MI 
    The Italian information technology company said on Monday
that investors controlling around 54% of its capital have signed
a shareholder agreement and decided not to join a takeover bid
on Techedge launched by OEP Coop through its vehicle Titan
BidCo.
    
    TRENDEVICE  TDE.MI 
    Hi-tech circular economy Italian company TrenDevice debuts
on AIM segment.
    
    ESI  ESI.MI 
    Italy's bourse said that as of Tuesday orders without a
price limit on the company's shares would be banned until
further notice.
    
    DIARY
    Rome, State lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) expected
to hold board meeting.
    Digital event "110% Superbonus" with Gruppo 24 Ore  S24.MI 
CEO Giuseppe Cerbone, Cabinet Undersecretary Riccardo Fraccaro,
tax agency Director Ernesto Maria Ruffini, Industry Ministry
representative Enrico Esposito, Economy Ministry representative
Raffaele Russo (0800 GMT).
    Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte joins event on migration via
videoconfernce (0900 GMT).
    RCS Academy 'Online Energy Talks' on "Mobility and the
environment for a more sustainable economy" with Milan Mayor
Giuseppe Sala, Toyota Motor  7203.T  Italian unit CEO Mauro
Caruccio, Hera  HRA.MI  CEO Stefano Venier (0900 GMT).
    TIM  TLIT.MI  CEO Luigi Gubitosi and Open Fiber CEO
Elisabetta Ripa join Class CNBC event (1000 GMT).
    Rome, DoValue  DOVA.MI  CEO Andrea Mangoni speaks before the
Senate Banking Committee on the business models of companies
operating in the Npl and Utp markets (1100 GMT).
    Rome, ILVA special administrators Francesco Ardito, Antonio
Lupo, Alessandro Danovi informally speak before the Chamber of
Deputies Industry Committee on repercussions of the crisis of
companies in ILVA plant's supply chain (1100 GMT).
    Rome, INPS President Pasquale Tridico speaks via
videoconference before the  Senate Education Committee on
welfare of show-business workers (1400 GMT).
    Rome, Italian President Sergio Mattarella convenes the
Supreme Defence Council (1600 GMT).
    
    
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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/