Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 26
26/02/2019 05:00
MILANO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The following factors could
affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
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
The centre-right looked set on Monday to win a regional vote
on the Italian island of Sardinia, in an outcome that could
spell trouble ahead for the 5-Star Movement, part of the ruling
coalition in Rome, as European Parliament elections loom in May.
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ECONOMY
Talk about a budget correction is "folly and speculation",
Italy's Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on Monday, though
adding that the country's economy is between stagnation and
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Tria also said on Monday that nobody could use Italy's gold
reserves other than the European Central Bank, for financial
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DEBT
Treasury sells 6.0 billion euros six-month BOT bills.
Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.
COMPANIES
FINCANTIERI FCT.MI
Full-year net profit at Italian shipbuilder rose 30 percent
to 69 million euros, the company said on Monday, adding it
proposed a 0.01 euro per share dividend on 2018 results.
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Conference call on FY results (0800 GMT).
A2A A2.MI
Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb. 5).
PIRELLI & C PIRC.MI
Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb.
14).
PARMALAT PLT.MI
Parmalat shares will stop trading as of March 5, the company
said on Monday.
GEAR 1 GEAR.MI
Debuts on AIM segment.
BIESSE BSS.MI
Board meeting to approve 2019-2021 business plan (1000 GMT).
AUTOSTRADE MERIDIONALI AUMI.MI
The toll road operator will continue to operate Italy's A3
motorway as an administrative court confirmed the exclusion of
offers for a new concession both from Autostrade Meridionali and
from rival consortium SIS, the company said on Monday.
Board meeting on FY results.
IGD IGD.MI
Board meeting on FY results.
INDEL B INDB.MI
Ordinary shareholders' meeting (1030 GMT).
DIARY
Rome, former U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura
receives prize for peace by ISPI and gives speech; Senate
Speaker Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati and ISPI and
Fincantieri FCT.MI Chairman Giampiero Massolo due to speak
(1030 GMT).
Rome, Senate Finance Committee meets to give an opinionthe
appointment of Paolo Savona as President of market regulator
Consob (0730 GMT).
Trieste, round-table discussion on "The China-Italy Business
Relationship" with Costa Group CEO Michael Thamm, Fincantieri
FCT.MI CEO Giuseppe Bono, Candy Group CEO Beppe Fumagalli,
Ansaldo Energia CEO Giuseppe Zampini; Foreign Affair Ministry
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano (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;))