Italy - Factors to watch on February 7
07/02/2014 07:24
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). POLITICS Foreign Affairs Minister Emma Bonino meets German counterpart Fran-Walter Steinmeier meet at 1230 GMT, news conference to follow. Greek radical left unified party President Alexis Tsipras to visits Rome, holds news conference at 1600 GMT ECONOMY Bank of Italy releases January data on European Central Bank's funding to Italian banks. DEBT Treasury announces sale of BOTs, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Feb. 12. COMPANIES TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI The board of Italian phone group Telecom Italia agreed on a procedure that would make it more complex to sell its Brazilian unit TIM Brasil. ID:nI6N0KJ059 ITALCEMENTI ITAI.MI Italian cement maker Italcementi on Thursday posted 5.4 percent drop in 2013 sales to 4.24 billion euros ($5.77 billion), hit by a contraction in demand for construction materials in Italy and other crisis-hit European countries UNICREDIT CRDI.MI Bank to present at news conference its new "Agribond" initiative, which is targeting the agricultural sector. BUZZI UNICEM BZU.MI Holds board meeting on preliminary FY results. WM CAPITAL WMC.MI Holds board meeting on preliminary FY results (0830 GMT). GABETTI PROPERTY SOLUTIONS GABI.MI Capital increase ends. ((Milan newsroom, +39 02 6612 9507, fax +39 02 801149, milan.newsroom@news.reuters.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 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/FEBRUARY 7