Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 16
16/01/2025 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 .
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases December CPI final data (0900 GMT) and
November foreign trade data (1000 GMT).
COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI , BANCO BPM BAMI.MI
The Italian government has no plans to strengthen its
"golden power" legislation to intervene in mergers and takeovers
in the financial sector, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti
said on Wednesday.
Giorgetti quashed speculation in the Italian media about a
decreee that would bolster the golden powers to give the
government more say in UniCredit's unsolicited bid for Banco
BPM.
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The EU Commission on Wednesday said it had cleared the
Italian bank's decision to buy back full control of UniCredit
CNP VIta, its life insurance joint-venture with CNP Assurances.
GENERALI GASI.MI
Italy's top insurer aims to reach a preliminary accord with
Natixis Investment Managers to combine their asset management
operations in order to submit the deal to its board on Jan. 20,
two people close to the matter said.
BANCA IFIS IF.MI , ILLIMITY ILTY.MI
Banca Sella, Illimity's shareholder with a 10% stake, said
on Wednesday it was interested in assessing Banca Ifis' bid for
the Italian digital bank.
DE' LONGHI DLG.MI
The Italian home appliance maker said on Wednesday it would
start a share buyback for 60 million euros on Jan. 16.
DIARY
Prime minister Giorgia Meloni attends "World Future Energy
Summit" in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
Rome, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani meets with Tunisia
counterpart Mohamed Ali Nafti (0830 GMT), followed by press
statements.
Rome, Assicurazioni Generali GASI.MI head of Italian
unit Giancarlo Fancel addresses Social Security Institutions
Control Committee (0730 GMT).
Milan, UniCredit CRDI.MI CEO Andrea Orcel and Ferrari
RACE.MI CEO Benedetto Vigna hold news conference to present
partnership (0930 GMT).
Milan, S&P Global Ratings holds "2025 Italy Annual Press
Conference" (1000 GMT).
Milan, Azimut AZMT.MI holds beginning of year news
conference (1100 GMT).
Bologna, Bank of Italy governor Fabio Panetta attends
Fondazione Centesimus Annus conference (2000 GMT)
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))
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/