Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 22

Greenthesis SpA

22/10/2019 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
    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 .
    
    TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
            
    DEBT
    Treasury ends offer of new eight-year inflation-linked 'BTP
Italia' bond reserved to small investors, subject to early
closure. On Monday, the first day of offering, Italy sold 1.995
billion euros ($2.2 billion) of its new 'Btp Italia'.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2734PM
    Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Oct. 25. Treasury may cancel
BTPei bond offer.
    
    COMPANIES
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Italy's biggest phone group board has appointed former Bank
of Italy Deputy Governor Salvatore Rossi as chairman.
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    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    Italy's biggest bank is looking at whether it can distance
itself from its home country's stagnating economy and fractious
politics by putting some of its most prized assets under one
roof in Germany, people familiar with the matter
said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2766RB
    The lender has sold 6.06 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in bad
loans to a securitisation vehicle, Scope Ratings said, as it
works to meet stepped-up soured debt reduction goals this year.
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    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Italy's biggest utility said on Monday its business in Chile
had not been impacted by the unrest which has hit the country
and prompted the government to declare a state of emergency.
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    GEDI  GEDI.MI 
    One of the sons of industrialist Carlo De Benedetti rejected
his father's "painful" attacks on his and his brother's
management of the publisher of the La Repubblica and La Stampa
newspapers, saying they were committed to the group behind some
of Italy's top dailies after a sharp slide in quarterly
earnings.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2765U3
    Earlier on Monday, the publisher reported a sharp decline in
net profit in the third quarter to 0.7 million euros from 3.5
million euros ($3.91 million) a year ago and said it did not
expect any significant changes in market trends for the
full-year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2765U3   
    
    AMBIENTHESIS  ATH.MI 
    The Italian environmental operator has signed a deal with
Bee'ah Sharjah Environment to set up a joint venture for the
Middle East market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2766PG  
    
    DANIELI & C.  DANI.MI 
    FY results web presentation (1500 GMT).
    
    NEWLAT FOOD
    Italian food group Newlat Food IPO ends (1100 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    Rome, shopkeepers' association Confesercenti holds assembly;
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Economy Minister Roberto
Gualtieri attending (0730 GMT).
    Turin, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends meeting on
industrial crises (1300 GMT); visits FCA  FCHA.MI  Mirafiori
plant (1510 GMT).
    Rome, conference on "The digital transformation: new tools
for work development and sustainability" with Deputy Economy
Minister Laura Castelli; Labour Minister Nunzia Catalfo delivers
closing remarks (0830 GMT).
    Rome, European Affairs Minister Vincenzo Amendola attends
conference on golden power regulation (1315 GMT).
    Rome, Infrastructure and Transports Minister Paola De
Micheli speaks before Chamber of Deputies Environment Committee
(1000 GMT).
    Rome, Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia speaks
before Chamber of Deputies Regional Affairs Committee (1030
GMT).
    Milan, news conference to present new look of "Triennale
Milan Theatre" with UBI Banca  UBI.MI  Chairwoman Letizia
Moratti, UBI Banca banking Foundation Chairman Livio Strazzera
(1000 GMT).
    Milan, hearing on the merits of the appeal against Simon
Fiduciaria requesting the cancellation of two Mediaset  MS.MI 
shareholder meeting resolutions of June 2018.
    Milan, Italian Strategic Fund CEO Maurizio Tamagnini attends
conference at 'Milan Fashion Global Summit' on "The Italian
excellence of the supply chain and the strategies of the big
luxury groups" (0700 GMT).
    Milan Stock Exchange starts "STAR Conference" in London;
ends on Oct. 23.
    
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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/