Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 24

Health Italia SpA

24/01/2019 05:00

MILANO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - 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 .
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases December non-EU foreign trade (0900 GMT).
    The Italian economy will grow much more strongly than
expected in 2019, with output likely to jump in the second half
of the year, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Reuters on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N14502J
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on Jan. 29.
    
    COMPANIES
    TOD'S  TOD.MI 
    Italian fashion group Tod's said like-for-like sales for
2018 fell 3 percent due to a worsening of the performance in
Italy and the rest of Europe in the fourth quarter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1YP0AS
    
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Italy's banking system is stable and well capitalised, Prime
Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday, adding that the state
was nonetheless ready to jump in and help troubled domestic
lender Carige if needed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N14502L
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    Generali said on Wednesday it would exercise an early
redemption option on two perpetual notes.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1YP0AU
    
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    Lawyers for Fiat Chrysler diesel owners have asked a U.S.
judge to approve up to $106.5 million in legal fees and
out-of-pocket costs for a settlement over excess vehicle
emissions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1ZN0UA
    
    GEFRAN  GFRN.MI 
    Gefran unit said on Wednesday it had bought Elettropiemme
for 900,000 euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZN0TM
    
    HEALTH ITALIA  HIA.MI 
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1100
GMT).
    
    S.M.R.E.  SMRR.MI 
    Ordinary shareholders' meeting.
    
    SOLUTIONS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (SCM) SIM  SCM.MI 
    Ends capital increase.
    
    STMICROELECTRONICS  STM.MI 
    Releases Q4 and FY results (before European bourses
opening), followed by conference call (0830 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    Rome, 'Day of Memory' celebration with Italian President
Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Chamber of
Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico (1000 GMT).
    Venice, Venice employers' body Confindustria Venezia holds
general assembly public session on the industrial plan for
"Venezia Metropolitana" with Venice Major Luigi Brugnaro, Veneto
region Governor Luca Zaia, European Parliament President Antonio
Tajani; Fincantieri  FCT.MI  CEO Giuseppe Bono expected to
attend (1600 GMT).
    Milan, news conference to present report on "Game & Young"
with Unipol Group  UNPI.MI  Chairman Pierluigi Stefanini (0930
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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))