Italy - Factors to watch on July 17
17/07/2025 05:00
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. COMPANIES (*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI, BANCO BPM BAMI.MI UniCredit is expected to hold an extraordinary board meeting to decide how to press forward with its bid on Banco BPM, several newspapers reported on Thursday, adding it will be scheduled by the end of the weekend. Financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore added that UniCredit might ask market regulator Consob to extend its offer on BPM by two weeks. UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel has been summoned for a meeting in Rome by Italian central bank supervisors, il Messaggero and Corriere della Sera dailies reported on Thursday. (*) MEDIOBANCA MDBI.MI Two small Mediobanca investors, the Gavio and Lucchini families, part of the bank's shareholders pact, sold on Wednesday more shares, worth in total 0.04%, five filings showed. (*) NEXI NEXII.MI Italian market regulator Consob has written to the Economy Ministry to raise the issue of independence of its former official Marcello Sala as president of the payments group, Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica reported on Thursday. ENI ENI.MI U.S. gas company Venture Global will supply 2 million metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas to the Italian state-controlled energy group, the two companies said on Wednesday. POSTE ITALIANE PST.MI Italy wants the state-backed postal company and the state mint to revive talks to buy PagoPA, a Treasury-owned platform that handles digital payments to the public administration, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. GPI GPI.MI KKR KKR.N is considering a potential buyout of Italian healthcare technology firm GPI SpA, as the U.S. investment firm scouts for takeover targets amid the recent market volatility, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. DIARY Rome, EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen addresses Italian parliamentary committees (1300 GMT). Rome, trade union CISL holds congress (0900 GMT); ends on July 19. On Thursday expected attendees include European Affairs and National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Minister Tommaso Foti (0700 GMT), Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (0930 GMT), Industry Minister Adolfo Urso (1300 GMT). ((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.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/