Italy - Factors to watch on April 6

Gpi

06/04/2018 04:00

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
    Talks to try to break the stalemate following Italy's
inconclusive election have failed to make progress, the
president said on Thursday, calling for parties to be
responsible in fresh consultations next week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1RI2CS
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases monthly bulletin on the state of the economy
in March (0900 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of 12-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on April 11.
    
    COMPANIES
    Bourse After Hours market closed
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Italian state lender CDP said on Thursday it would buy a
stake of up to 5 percent of Telecom Italia (TIM)  TLIT.MI  to
safeguard Rome's interest in a company seen as strategic, and
amidst a struggle between investors over its leadership.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1RI0G0
    
    SAIPEM  SPMI.MI 
    The main shareholders of Italy's Saipem indicated on
Thursday they would support the reappointment of Stefano Cao as
chief executive of the oil service company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1R500E
        
    ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    Investor Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has slightly raised
his stake in the insurer to 4 percent, regulatory filings showed
on Thursday.
    
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    The top managers of Italy's biggest commercial broadcaster
are due to meet union representatives over the deal Mediaset
signed with Sky  SKYB.L  last week.
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    The oil and gas group is in talks to sell a stake of between
20 and 35 percent in its giant oil discovery in offshore Mexico
to Qatar Petroleum International, Bloomberg reported citing
people with knowledge of the plans.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1RI4BR
    The oil and gas group said on Thursday it would issue one or
more bonds for a total of up to $2 billion over the next year.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1RI560
    
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI 
    Italy's fifth-largest bank said on Thursday its first senior
non-preferred bond, issued for 500 million euros and a five-year
maturity, drew 1 billion euros in demand from 130 investors. 
    Annual general meeting (0730 GMT)
    
    RETELIT  LIT.MI 
    Investors in the Fiber 4.0 consortium, which owns 9 percent
of the telecoms infrastructure group, said on Thursday they
wanted Retelit to play a leading role in its sector in Italy and
abroad, after putting forward their own slate of directors for
Retelit with Raffaele Mincione as the proposed new chairman. 
    
    CLABO  CLAB.MI 
    'Investor Presentation' on 2018-2022 industrial plan and
strategy (0930 GMT).
    
    ALERION CLEAN POWER  ARN.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0800 GMT).
    
    CAD IT  CAD.MI 
    Quarantacinque SpA takeover offer on CAD IT shares ends.
    
    GPI  GPI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    CULTI MILANO  CULT.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    TESMEC  TES.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 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/