Italy - Factors to watch on June 3

H-Farm SpA

03/06/2021 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 .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 62 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday
against 93 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections rose to 2,897 from 2,483.
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    ECONOMY
    IHS Markit releases May service PMI data (0745 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    
    (*) BANKS
    Banco BPM  BAMI.MI  could soon announce the sale of 1.5
billion euros of non performing exposures and Unicredit
 CRDI.MI  has kick-started a sale of soured loans of about 2
billion euros with two separate deals, daily MF reported. 
    
    (*) FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    The Italian shipbuilder is nearing a deal to buy control of
Tuscan-based engineering firm IDS, a loss making company which
operates in the radar sector, Il Sole 24 reported on Thursday.
    
    (*) ENI  ENI.MI 
    The oil major's chemicals unit Versalis is set to spend over
1 billion euros to make its business more
environmentally-friendly under a three-year plan to 2024,
Versalis CEO was quoted as saying in an interview with Il Sole
24 Ore.
  
    (*) TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Olivetti, the phone group's Internet of things unit, will
help tobacco giant Philip Morris in digitalizing logistic
operations of a plant in Italy, MF daily reported on Thursday.
    
    STELLANTIS  STLA.MI 
    The carmaker said on Wednesday that, due to an
"unprecedented" global microchip shortage, production would be
halted in the week of June 14 at its assembly plants in
Belvidere, in the U.S., Windsor, in Canada, and Toluca, in
Mexico.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2NK0LF
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    The infrastructure group releases weekly traffic data for
highways and airports it manages.
    
    AS ROMA  ASR.MI 
    Conference call on nine-month results (1500 GMT).
    
    H-FARM  HFARM.MI 
    Shares in the Italian venture capital firm rose as much as
18.6% on Wednesday after it said it would exceed the targets it
set in its plan to 2024 thanks to proceeds it will receive from
Etsy's purchase of fashion app Depop.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2NK3LO
    
    (*) SECO  IOT.MI  
    The Italian high tech group has signed an agreement to buy
U.S. artificial intelligence firm Oro Networks for 7 million
dollars, SECO said on Thursday.
    
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Italian Banking Association ABI Director General
Giovanni Sabatini speaks before Chamber of Deputies Budget
Committee on 'Sostegni bis' economic support decree (1000 GMT).
    Intesa Sanpaolo  ISP.MI  CEO and Chair of B20 Chair Task
Force Finance and Infrastructure Carlo Messina attends online
G20 event on infrastructures (1030 GMT).
    Rome, Poste Italiane  PST.MI  CEO Matteo Del Fante speaks
via videoconference before Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee
on the financial activities of the company (1200 GMT).
    Rome, Alitalia's  CAITLA.UL  special administrators Giuseppe
Leogrande, Gabriele Fava, Daniele Santosuosso due to speak via
videoconference before Chamber of Deputies on 'Sostegni bis'
economic support decree (1300 GMT).
    Rome, Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends
presentation of a commemorative stamp (1400 GMT).
    Rome, representatives of Italy's national institute of
statistic (ISTAT) due to speak via videoconference before
Chamber of Deputies on 'Sostegni bis' economic support decree
(1500 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/