Italy - Factors to watch on March 1

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01/03/2019 05:00

MILANO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The following factors could
affect Italian markets on Friday.
    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
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    ECONOMY
    IHS Markit releases February PMI manufacturing (0845 GMT).
    ISTAT releases January unemployment data (0900 GMT).
    Assogestioni releases January fund flows data.
    Transport Ministry releases February car sales data (1700
GMT).
    February state sector borrowing requirement data.
    
    COMPANIES
    MONCLER  MONC.MI 
    Italian luxury outerwear maker Moncler  MONC.MI  on Thursday
forecast more growth in 2019 after a new product strategy based
on faster-paced collections helped to produce a 19 percent
increase in sales last year and boosted profitability.
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    Moncler Chief Operating Officer Roberto Eggs told analysts
on a post-results conference call on Thursday he is "very happy"
about the performance in the first weeks of 2019, especially in
Mainland China.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1ZU00Q
    
    IPO NEXI
    Nexi's advisers are working flat out to list the Italian
banking services provider in April, hoping to complete Europe's
biggest share sale of 2019 while market conditions allow,
sources told Reuters.
    Nexi's private equity owners - Bain Capital, Advent and
Clessidra - are determined to list it with a valuation of at
least 7.5 billion euros, more than 15 times its core earnings.
    
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI 
    Fitch Ratings has affirmed Mediobanca Long-Term Issuer
Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB' and Viability Rating (VR) at
'bbb'. The Outlook on the Long-Term IDR is Negative.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFit97560L
    
    MASSIMO ZANETTI BEVERAGE GROUP  MZB.MI 
    Italy's second biggest coffee maker expects its revenue to
expand slightly this year at constant exchange rates thanks to a
boost of its restaurants and bars business, after sales shrank 4
percent in 2018.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N8CF
    
    DAMIANI  DMN.MI 
    Leading Jewels S.A. ends full voluntary takeover offer on
Damiani ordinary shares.
    
    LUXOTTICA  LUX.MI 
    Shares trading suspended (also on March 4) ahead of
de-listing on March 5.
    
    PARMALAT  PLT.MI 
    Share trading suspended (also on March 4) ahead of
de-listing on March 5.
    
    SPRINTITALY  SPRT.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary sharehodlers' meetings (0900 GMT).
    
    BANCA SISTEMA  BSTA.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (published on Feb. 8).
    
    GEDI GRUPPO EDITORIALE  GEDI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    ITALIA INDEPENDENT GROUP  IINT.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    PRIMA INDUSTRIE  PRII.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    SPAXS  SPAX.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    DIARY
    Modena, conference on "A Decade of Anti-Crisis Financial
Rules" with Banco BPM  BAMI.MI  Director General Maurizio
Foroni, BPER Banca  EMII.MI  Deputy Director General Gian Enrico
Venturini; Bank of Italy official Carmelo Barbagallo delivers
closing address (0815 GMT).
    Trento, Gruppo Unipol  UNPI.MI  Chairman Pierluigi Stefanini
attends conference at first of three-day "Green Economy
Festival" (1400 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;))