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 .
POLITICS
Lower house of parliament holds final vote on a government
package of measures to help firms and families cope with surging
energy costs, still to be approved by the Senate. (1400)
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases May retail sales data (0800 GMT) and bulletin
on the state of the economy for May and June (0900 GMT).
OECD releases June composite leading indicator data (1000
GMT).
Bank of Italy releases May data on Italian residents
deposits with domestic banks, banks' lending to non-financial
companies and gross bad loans at Italian banks.
COMPANIES
AUTOGRILL AGL.MI
Italian airport and motorway caterer Autogrill AGL.MI and
Swiss duty-free retailer Dufry DUFN.S are close to finalising
their talks for a tie-up, several Italian newspapers reported.
The Benetton family would get a stake of around 20% in the new
group while the positions of other Dufry shareholders would be
diluted, including those of Advent International and Alibaba.
ENI ENI.MI
The energy group said on Friday that it would receive only
part of the gas it had requested from Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM
for July 9 and for the next few days, possibly until July 16.
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LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The defence company has launched a commercial paper program
that will allow issuance of securities for up to 1 billion euros
and will serve as an additional short-term funding instrument to
finance working capital. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2YP2BR
SAIPEM SPMI.MI
Capital increase ends.
BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
BPER Banca EMII.MI starts mandatory full takeover bid on
Banca Carige ordinary shares; ends on July 29.
ASSITECA ASSI.MI
Trading suspension starts, following the total takeover bid
launched by Howden Italia Holdings Srl on ordinary shares; ends
on July 12.
DIARY
Italy's agency for technologies, energy and environment ENEA
holds online presentation of study results on potential gas
savings achievable through targeted actions in the residential
sector with Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani,
ENEA President Gilberto Dialuce, ENEA Department of Energy
Efficiency Director Ilaria Bertini (0745 GMT).
Mestre-Venice, state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)
holds inauguration ceremony of new office; CDP and Italy's
export agency SACE hold roadshow "Resources and projects for
Veneto region" with CDP President Giovanni Gorno Tempini
delivering welcome remarks (1445 GMT); expected attendees
include Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro (1500 GMT); CDP CEO Dario
Scannapieco, SACE CEO Alessandra Ricci (1510 GMT).
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))
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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/