Italy - Factors to watch on February 19

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19/02/2015 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 . 
     
    POLITICS 
    OECD presents "Economic Survey on Italy" with Secretary 
General Angel Gurria, Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan, 
Constitutional Reforms Minister Maria Elena Boschi, Welfare 
Minister Giuliano Poletti (1030 GMT). 
     
    DEBT 
    Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with 
relative amounts to be auctioned on Feb. 24. 
     
    COMPANIES 
    RCS MEDIAGROUP  RCSM.MI , MONDADORI  MOED.MI  
    Italian publisher Mondadori has presented a non-binding 
offer to buy the book unit of RCS MediaGroup, the companies said 
in separate statements issued at the behest of the market 
regulator, Consob.  ID:nL5N0VS2VH  
     
    BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA  BMPS.MI  
    Rating agency DBRS has cut its long-term debt and deposit 
rating on the troubled Italian bank BMPS.MI by one notch to 
'BBB(low)', keeping it under review for a possible further 
downgrade.  ID:nL5N0VS4UT  
     
    A2A  A2.MI  
    The regional utility said demand for a 10-year bond sold on 
Wednesday for 300 million euros totalled 12 times the amount 
offered. 
     
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results (press release on 
Feb. 20). 
     
    COOPERATIVE BANKS 
    Representatives of cooperative banks association 
Assopopolari speak before the Chamber of Deputies Finance 
Committee on the law decree that turn Italy's 10 largest 
cooperative banks into joint stock companies (1300 GMT) 
     
    MAIRE TECNIMONT  MTCM.MI  
    The engineering and construction group said on Wednesday it 
had introduced increased voting rights giving shareholders two 
votes for each ordinary share held continuously for at least two 
years.  ID:nBIA182d5  
     
    ITALIA INDEPENDENT  IINT.MI  
    The eyewear group said on Wednesday it would launch in 
coming weeks Originals-branded glasses as part of its 
partnership with German group Adidas  ADSGn.DE . 
     
    BIESSE  BSS.MI  
    Board meeting to approve 2015-2017 business plan. 
     
    TELECOM ITALIA MEDIA  TCM.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    TENARIS  TENR.MI  
    Conference call on FY results (1400 GMT). 
     
    AXELERO  AXEL.MI  
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results. 
     
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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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/FEBRUARY 19