Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 28

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28/02/2019 05:00

MILANO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The following factors could
affect Italian markets on Thursday.
    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
    ISTAT releases flash February CPI and HICP data (1000 GMT).
    Reuters releases February asset allocation poll (1200 GMT).
   
    COMPANIES
    
    BANKS
    Italy is preparing a decree to renew and possibly modify a
state guarantee scheme designed to help its banks shed a
mountain of bad loans, two sources close to the matter said on
Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20M7GG
     Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on Wednesday
that European Union "bail-in" rules covering failing banks
should be scrapped. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20M80F
    
    BANCO BPM  BAMI.MI 
    Banco BPM said director general Maurizio Faroni and two
other managers were suspended from service following a judicial
inquiry into diamonds sales to customers. The lender added its
board's decision was purely precautionary and the bank had
confidence in the prosecutors' actions. 
    
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Temporary administrators of Banca Carige CRGI.MI said they
had to find a buyer by April for the Italian bank, after
unveiling a 630 million euro ($718 million) capital
shortfall. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20M47B
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    European insurers Allianz  ALVG.DE  and Generali are vying
with U.S. rival Liberty Mutual to invest in the bancassurance
business of Spanish lender BBVA  BBVA.MC , four sources familiar
with the matter told Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20M528
    
    SAIPEM  SPMI.MI 
    Releases preliminary FY results, followed by conference call
(0800 GMT).
        
    BPER Banca  EMII.MI 
    Investor day 'Bper 2021' (0830 GMT), followed by news
conference.
    
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI  
    The carmaker will be excluded from the FTSE Eurotop 100
index effective March 18, FTSE Russell said in a statement. 
    
    HERA  HRA.MI , BREMBO  BRBI.MI  
    The company will be included in the FTSE EuroMid index
effective March 18, FTSE Russell said in a statement. 
    Hera to replace Brembo in the FTSE MIB index effective March
18, FTSE Russell said. 
    
    IL SOLE 24 ORE  S24.MI 
    Italian prosecutors have asked for the publisher of Italy's
best-selling financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore S24.MI to be tried
for alleged market manipulation and false accounting, two
sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
    
    MEDIASET ESPANA  TL5.MC , MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    Spanish broadcaster Mediaset Espana TL5.MC said on Wednesday
its gross advertising revenue was broadly stable in 2018 thanks
to the FIFA World Cup in Russia, despite more competition from
digital players. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20M7NO
    
    BANCA MEDIOLANUM  BMED.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (0900 GMT - published on Feb.
11).
    
    MONCLER  MONC.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call
(1700 GMT).
    
    RECORDATI  RECI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb.
11).
    
    I GRANDI VIAGGI  IGV.MI 
    Shareholders did not approve the company's listing on the
Star segment of the Italian bourse and did not approve a share
buyback, the company said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20M0WC
    
    GAROFALO HEALTH CARE  GHC.MI 
    The company said 2018 operating adjusted EBITDA sttod at
29.1 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20M0WI 
    
    GEOX  GEO.MI 
    The company reported a 2018 net loss of 5.3 million euros
compared with a profit of 15.4 million euros a year
earlier. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20M0WK
            
    JUVENTUS FC  JUVE.MI 
    Board meeting on H1 results.
    
    DIGITAL BROS  DIB.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results.
    
    CULTI MILANO  CULT.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    MASSIMO ZANETTI  MZB.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call
(1630 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    Pomigliano D'Arco, conference on "Leonardo Aerostructures:
Innovate the Present Looking to the Future" with Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte, Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister
Luigi Di Maio, Leonardo  LDOF.MI  Chairman Giovanni De Gennaro,
CEO Alessandro Profumo (0930 GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends presentation of
"Security Information Political Report" (0900 GMT).
    Naples, Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Luigi Di
Maio attends "National convention of anti-racket associations"
(1600 GMT).
    Monfalcone, Fincantieri  FCT.MI  CEO Giuseppe Bono attends
news conference to present cruise ship 'Costa Venezia' (0900
GMT); Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
expected to attend the cutting of the ribbon (1000 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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))