Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 5
05/10/2021 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 .
GENERAL
Italy reported 37 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday
against 33 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections fell to 1,612 from 2,968.
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POLITICS
Centre-left candidates are set to win Italy's big cities in
local elections, partial results showed on Monday, with Rome's
incumbent mayor Virginia Raggi of the 5-Star Movement headed for
defeat. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2R03WU
The leader of Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD)
Enrico Letta has comfortably won a parliamentary by-election in
Siena, final results showed, strengthening his position as party
chief. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2R04J8
ECONOMY
The Italian economy will rebound more than expected this
year, broadly meeting a 6% growth target set by the government,
the central bank's chief said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2R0461
IHS Markit releases September service PMI data (0745 GMT).
ISTAT releases Q2 deficit/GDP ratio data (0800 GMT).
COMPANIES
MONTE DEI PASCHI BMPS.MI , UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
Talks to sell state-owned bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena to
UniCredit are set to enter the final stretch now that a vote in
the Tuscan bank's hometown of Siena is out of the way.
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ENI ENI.MI
The Italian energy group said on Monday it and the Republic
of Congo signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop
agro feedstock for the bio-refining sector.
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The Italian defense group is preparing for a renewed attempt
to list its DRS unit on Wall Street this autumn, two sources
familiar with the matter said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2QX18L
ANIMA ANIM.MI
The fund manager said on Monday it would start a 60 million
euro share buyback program which could result in an acquisition
of an own stake of up to 3.9%. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2R00O0
INTERPUMP ITPG.MI
The company said on Monday it would buy back 300,000 own
shares, equivalent to a 0.3% stake, at a price of up to 59 euros
each. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2R00NW
DIARY
Rome, G20 "C20 Summit" starts; ends on Oct. 6.
G20 "Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion High Level
Symposium" ends.
Rome, Economy Minister Daniele Franco expected to speak
before Senate on ITA's business plan.
Milan, 14th edition of banking forum ends (0655 GMT);
expected attendees include Banca Mediolanum BMED.MI CEO
Massimo Doris, Banco BPM BAMI.MI CEO Giuseppe Castagna, ICCREA
Banca Director General Mauro Pastore, BPER Banca EMII.MI Vice
Director General Pierpio Cerfogli.
Rome, representatives from CNEL (0800 GMT), state auditor
(0900 GMT), ISTAT (1000 GMT), Bank of Italy (1130 GMT),
Parliamentary Budgetary Office (UPB) President Giuseppe Pisauro
(1800 GMT) speak via videoconference before Chamber of Deputies
and Senate Budget committees on NADEF, the government's new
economic and public finance targets that will underpin its 2021
budget.
Milan, Made in Steel 2021 "Enlarged supply chain in the new
economic ecosystem" starts (0830 GMT); ends on Oct. 7. Expected
attendees include Fiera Milano FIMI.MI CEO Luca Palermo,
Infrastructure Minister Enrico Giovannini, Danieli DANI.MI
Chairman Gianpietro Benedetti.
Rome, Economy Deputy Minister Laura Castelli speaks before
Chamber of Deputies and Senate Transport committees on business
plan and start-up of operations of Italia Trasporto Aereo Spa
(ITA) (0900 GMT).
Enel ENEI.MI CEO Francesco Starace speaks "Creating
Consensus: Energy Transition, Energy Compacts, & COP26" 'Reuters
Impact' conference (1000 GMT).
Rome, Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)
high-level symposium "Coping with new (and old) vulnerabilities
in the post-pandemic world" ends; on Tuesday Economy Minister
Daniele Franco delivers opening address, Bank of Italy Magda
Bianco attends (1100 GMT).
Rome, Italy's Asset Management Company Spa (AMCO) CEO Marina
Natale informally speaks via videoconference before Chamber of
Deputies Finance Committee (1145 GMT).
Milan, G20 "T20 Summit, delivering for people, planet,
prosperity" continues in presence and online (1200 GMT); ends on
Oct. 6. On Tuesday expected attendees include UniCredit
CRDI.MI Chairman Pier Carlo Padoan and IMF Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva, Ecological Transition Minister Roberto
Cingolani.
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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/