Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 25

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25/01/2021 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
    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 299 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday,
down from 488 the day before, while the daily tally of new
infections fell to 11,629 from 13,331.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JZ0AY
    Italy will take legal action and step up pressure in
Brussels against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in
deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines with a view to securing agreed
supplies, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JZ09M
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Jan. 28.
    Italy's Treasury said on Friday it would offer 7 billion
euros in BOT bills on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2IX017

    COMPANIES
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    Mediaset has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that
lifted restrictions placed on the stake held by French media
giant Vivendi  VIV.PA , two legal sources said on Friday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JX542
    The Italian broadcaster said on Friday it had won two legal
cases involving online piracy cases against French and U.S.
portals.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JX237

    EDISON  EDNnMI  
    Standard & Poor's upgraded the outlook to 'positive' from
'stable' confirming the rating.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JX4YD
    
    ACEA  ACE.MI 
    A good part of the resources raised with the utility's first
green bond, recently issued for 900 million euros, will fund
water investments, a sector of main interest for the Recovery
Fund, CEO Giuseppe Gola told MilanoFinanza on Saturday.
    
    TECHEDGE  TEDGE.MI  
    Investors representing 95% of the capital targeted by the
takeover offer by Temistocle handed in their shares.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIArKdl6
 
    
    ITALIA INDEPENDENT GROUP  IINT.MI 
    Starts capital increase; ends on Feb. 18.
    
    SG COMPANY  SGCO.MI 
    Starts capital increase; ends on Feb. 11.
    
    DIARY
    Virtual conference on "The world in 2021. Opportunities and
risks for businesses in times of pandemic" with Piaggio  PIA.MI 
Chairman and CEO Roberto Colaninno, Enel  ENEI.MI  Chairman
Michele Crisostomo, Brunello Cucinelli  BCU.MI  Chairman
Brunello Cucinelli; ISPI and Fincantieri  FCT.MI  Chairman
Giampiero Massolo and Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli
deliver closing addresses (1000 GMT).
    Financial brokers' association AIAF celebrates 50th
anniversary with an online event (1030 GMT); ECB board member
Fabio Panetta delivers opening address     on "Sustainable
finance: transforming finance in order to finance
transformation". Expected attendees include Economy Minister
Roberto Gualtieri, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, Milan Stock
Exchange Chairman Andrea Sironi.
    Enel CEO Francesco Starace in Webinar panel at Davos Meeting
on Smart Cities (1000)
    INWIT  INWT.MI  holds webinar on "The value of 5G, between
potential and services. 5G amid fears, fake news and
misinformation: could it be that there is a lack of
information?" with INWIT CEO Giovanni Ferigo, Reply  REY.MI 
representative Elena Previtera, Vodafone  VOD.L  Italian unit
representative Sabrina Baggioni, Telecom Italia (TIM)  TLIT.MI 
representative Michele Gamberini, L'Aquila Mayor Pierluigi
Biondi, Bergamo Mayor Giorgio Gori (1600 GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets representatives of
employers' association Confindustria (0800 GMT), followed by
meeting with trade association Confcommercio, craftsmanship and
small- and medium-sized companies association CNA, small
companies association Confartigianato, shopkeepers' association
Confesercenti on 'Recovery Plan'.
    Virtual conference on "Italian-British cooperation in
defence and security after Brexit", speakers include Leonardo
Chairman Luciano Carta, UK Ambassador in Italy Jill Morris
(1500).

    
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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/