Italy - Factors to watch on April 28

EssilorLuxottica SA

28/04/2026 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

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called on Monday for the European Commission to grant member states the same budget leeway to ease surging energy costs as is currently allowed for defence spending. The move would potentially allow Italy to fund costly aid measures for firms and families worth almost 35 billion euros.

ISTAT releases February industry sales data (0800 GMT); March producer prices data (0900 GMT).

DEBT

Treasury sells 2.5 billion euros 3-month BOT bills and 2 billion 6-month BOT bills. Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.

COMPANIES

(*) STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

Chinese luxury automaker Hongqi, famed as Mao Zedong's preferred car brand, is in talks with Stellantis to build vehicles at one of the Fiat-to-Jeep owner's Spanish plants as it expands in Europe, five sources familiar with the matter said.

BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI, GENERALI GASI.MI

     The late Ray-Ban billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio's heirs backed a deal on Monday to hand one of his children greater sway over the world's largest eyewear group EssilorLuxottica ESLX.PA, a source close to the matter said.

The family holding company Delfin owns a controlling 32.4% stake in the $100 billion Franco-Italian giant. The ownership reshuffle could also have broader implications for other, non-core investments, including Italian insurer Generali and banks Monte dei Paschi di Siena and UniCredit CRDI.MI.

(*) GENERALI, UNICREDIT CRDI.MI

UniCredit's decision to increase its stake in Generali, possibly leading to an industrial partnership, is "very positive", the chair of Fondazione CRT Anna Maria Poggi said in an interview with Tuesday's Il Sole 24 Ore. Fondazione CRT is a shareholder in both Generali and UniCredit.

(*) ENI ENI.MI

Spain's Repsol and Italy's Eni are seeking to increase production at Venezuela's Cardon IV gas field to 645 million cubic feet per day, the manager of the project told an oil conference in Caracas on Monday, as an official from the state oil company separately pledged crude output increases.

(*) TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI

Italy's telecoms sector needs higher retail prices and fewer regulatory constraints such as the obligation to offer free 24-hour call centres staffed by humans, CEO Pietro Labriola wrote in an op-ed published in Tuesday's MF financial newspaper.

(*) IPO, CARRARO

The Italian manufacturers of agricultural vehicle transmission systems has filed in recent days a request to list its Chinese subsidiary Carraro China Drive System on the Hong Kong bourse, Chair Enrico Carraro told Il Sole 24 Ore daily on Tuesday.

A2A A2.MI

Annual shareholders' meeting (0800 GMT).

AVIO AVI.MI

Annual shareholders' meeting (1230 GMT).

ESSILORLUXOTTICA ESLX.PA

Annual shareholders' meeting (0830 GMT).

((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

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 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/