Italy - Factors to watch on March 21

Immsi SpA

21/03/2018 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
    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 .
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on March 26.
    
    COMPANIES
    
    BANKS
    A ruling by Italy's constitutional court over an appeal
against a landmark reform of large cooperative banks which the
government passed in 2015 in an effort to improve governance and
make them more attractive for potential investors was delayed to
Wednesday, sources said.
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Atlantia has no plans to buy all of Spanish telecom towers
group Cellnex which is controlled by its bid target Abertis, the
Italian firm's chief executive Giovanni Castellucci has
said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R25GF
    
    CREDITO VALTELLINESE  PCVI.MI 
    Creval's share issue which ended on Tuesday was fully
subscribed for 699.7 million euros, the Italian mid-sized lender
said in a statement. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1QR00O
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI , BANCA GENERALI  BGN.MI  
    Banca Generali and Generali Italia have renewed their
agreements for the bank's distribution of Generali insurance
products, reinforcing commercial synergies and opportunities,
the two companies said in a joint statement.
    
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    Several funds holding a combined stake of around 1.6 percent
proposed two candidates for the bank's board of directors ahead 
of a shareholders meeting on April 12 on top of the list already
presented by the board, the bank said on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1R20S2 
    
    A2A  A2.MI 
    The utility is working on further acquisitions of smaller
companies a local level to grow, CEO Valerio Camerano said after
presenting the company's business plan to 2022.     
    The utility is also interested in private equity group Terra
Firma's sale of solar power assets in Italy and is considering
whether to bid for them in partnership with others, Camerano
added. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1QR00N 
    
    YOOX NET-A-PORTER  YNAP.MI  
    The company said Chief Executive Federico Marchetti had
tendered his shares in the takeover offer launched by Richemont.
    
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    Chairman John Elkann attends news conference by Agnelli
Foundation to present "School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation"
in Turin (1430 GMT).
    
    MAIRE TECNIMONT  MTCM.MI 
    Chairman Fabrizio Di Amato receives honour degree in
chemical engineering by Politecnico University in Milan (1630
GMT).
    
    HERA  HRA.MI  
    The company said its subsidiary Hera Comm had purchased 49
percent of Sangroservizi, a company which offers natural gas
sales to roughly 7,000 customers, from the municipalities of
Atessa, San Vito Chietino and Paglieta. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1R20PN
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    Releases FY results.
    
    IMMSI  IMSI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    RAI WAY  RWAY.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call.
    
    TERNA  TRN.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary FY results on Feb.
20).
    
    ALFIO BARDOLLA TRAINING GROUP  ABTG.MI 
    Annual general meeting (1000 GMT).
    
    DIGITAL360  DIGT.MI 
    Extraordinary shareholders' meeting (1430 GMT).
    
    ACOTEL  ACO.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    BANCA INTERMOBILIARE  BIM.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary FY results on Feb.
9).
    
    B&C SPEAKERS  37B.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (1000 GMT).
    
    ESPRINET  PRT.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    FILA  FILA.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    MITTEL  MTTI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (of 15 months: Oct. 1, 2016-Dec.
31, 2017).
    
    MONRIF  EDII.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    POLIGRAFICI EDITORIALE  POLI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    TAS GROUP  TAS.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
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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/