Factors to watch on Oct. 18
18/10/2017 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
Rome, Prime Minister speaks before Chamber of Deputies (0730
GMT) and Senate (1400 GMT) on European Council to be held on
Oct. 19-20.
Italy's president on Tuesday made a rare intervention to
defend the country's central bank chief after the ruling
Democratic Party criticised Ignazio Visco, whose mandate expires
in less than two weeks. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MS4TU
ECONOMY
Oxford Economics holds "Global Economic Outlook Conference"
in Milan (0700 GMT).
COMPANIES
BANCO BPM BAMI.MI , CATTOLICA CASS.MI
Banco BPM said on Tuesday it had entered exclusive talks
with insurer Cattolica Assicurazioni over a bancassurance
partnership regarding life and non-life business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1MF014
DOBANK DOB.MI
doBank committed to invest 30 million euros in Atlante II
bank rescue fund. nI6N1MF015
EDISON EDNn.MI , FRENDY ENERGY FDE.MI
Edison said it had launched a mandatory public tender offer
on Frendy Energy 0.34 euros per share after acquiring 50.1 pct
of company. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MS679
BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
Final deadline to take up Banca Carige's CRGI.MI debt swap
offer deadline (1400 GMT).
SALINI IMPREGILO SALI.MI
The company said its board had examined operation of
refinancing of long-term debt for about 1 billion euros.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1MS0V1
UNIEURO UNIR.MI
The company announced the completion of the non-proportional
demerger of Italian Electronics Holdings holding company
belonging to historical shareholders of Unieuro including
private equity operator Rhône Capital, Dixons Carphone, the
Silvestrini family and the Top Management.
BENI STABILI BNSI.MI
Beni Stabili announced the issue and settlement of 300
million euro 1.625 percent senior unsecured bonds due 2024
notes were priced at a spread of 115 basis points over
reference swap rate. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1MS0ST
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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/
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/OCT. 18