Italy - Factors to watch on April 4

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04/04/2018 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 
    The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
ruled out joining a coalition with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza
Italia party on Tuesday, a day before formal government
consultations begin.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1RG5FT
    
    ECONOMY
    Italy posted a state sector budget deficit of 20.9 billion
euros ($25.6 billion) in March, against a deficit of 23.2
billion euros in the same month last year, the Treasury said on
Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1R5006
    ISTAT releases February unemployment rate data (0800 GMT)
and Q4 deficit/GDP data (0900 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    Bourse After Hours market closed.
    
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    The Italian broadcaster has started reshaping its struggling
pay-TV business after the group signed a content deal with Sky's
 SKYB.L  Italy unit and a source said it would not bid for Serie
A soccer match broadcasting rights.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1RG1AY
    A Mediaset spokesperson said on Tuesday the group was
interested in the rights and would evaluate offers made by
Mediapro in "an opportunistic way".  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1QR02Q
        
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    Italian car sales fell 5.75 percent in March, the Transport
ministry said on Tuesday, and Fiat Chrysler's share of the
Italian car market was 27.96 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1QR02R 
    
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    The lender said on Tuesday it signed a payment systems
agreement with Nexi.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA9S6brF
    
    FNM  FNMI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    INNOVA ITALY 1  II1.MI 
    Annual general meeting.
    
    TOSCANA AEROPORTI  TYA.MI 
    Extraordinary shareholders' meeting (0900 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/