Italy - Factors to watch on May 24

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24/05/2019 05:00

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 (*).
    
    For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on
 IT/DIA .
    
    POLITICS
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at working lunch with
European Council President Donald Tusk (1100 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Italy will likely axe its customary spring sale of BTP
Italia retail bonds, four sources close to the matter said, to
avoid a repeat of last November's flop when Italians were scared
off by Rome's spending plans and a clash with Brussels.
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    Treasury said on Thursday it would offer up to 3.75 billion
euros ($4.2 billion) over the following bonds at auction on May
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    Treasury announces sale of six-month BOT bills, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on May 29.
    
    COMPANIES
    JUVENTUS FC  JUVE.MI 
    Manchester City lawyer and board member Alberto Galassi
dismissed rumours coach Josep Guardiola moving to Juventus FC.
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    ITALGAS  IG.MI 
    The Italian gas operator said on Thursday it had signed a
contract with Greece's EDA THESS to provide advising on several
issues including smart metering, costruction, maintenance and
running of gas distribution networks.  
    
    GAROFALO HEALTH CARE  GHC.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    SAES GETTERS  SAEI.MI 
    Ends partial and voluntary takeover bid on its own shares.
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  (TIM)
    Saving shareholders' meeting (1000 GMT).
    
    Board meetings on FY results: COSTAMP GROUP  MOLDC.MI ,
IMVEST  YIV.MI .
    
    DIARY
    Florence, Atlantia  ATL.MI  Chairman Fabio Cerchiai attends
plenary session at "AFIR-ERM "Colloquium Programme" (0645 GMT).
    Milan, inauguration ceremony of first experimentation in
Italy of advanced vehicle-to-grid services with Nissan  7201.T 
Italian unit Chairman and CEO Bruno Mattucci, Enel  ENEI.MI  X
unit Global e-Mobility head Alberto Piglia (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/