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 .
EVENTS
The European House-Ambrosetti annual workshop starts in
Cernobbio. Expected attendees include Italy's Foreign Affairs
Minister Angelino Alfano, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady
Dvorkovich, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Singapore
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Italgas IG.MI
CEO Paolo Gallo, Terna TRN.MI CEO Luigi Ferraris, Iren
IREE.MI CEO Massimiliano Bianco, Eni ENI.MI President Emma
Marcegaglia. Ferrovie dello Stato CEO Renato Mazzoncini holds
press conference.
ECONOMY
Markit/ADACI releases August PMI manufacturing (0745 GMT)
ISTAT releases final Q2 GDP data (0800 GMT)
August state sector borrowing requirement data.
COMPANIES
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI
Top shareholder Vivendi reiterated on Thursday it did not
have, at present, power over the Italian phone group's financial
and operating policies. It also said its long-term strategy at
Telecom Italia was to push for convergence of telecommunications
and contents.
BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
The Italian bank said on Thursday it was on track to meet
deadlines for a number of proposed asset sales. Carige said it
had received more than 30 expressions of interest for 1.2
billion euros in bad loans and a platform to manage them it has
put up for sale. Binding offers are due by early November.
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FIAT CHRYSLER FCHA.MI
Transport Ministry releases August car sales data (1600
GMT).
IPOs
Italian tyremaker Pirelli said on Thursday China's Marco
Polo International, its sole shareholder, would end its
"direction and coordination activity" after the company's
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IMMSI IMSI.MI
Board meeting on H1 results.
SITI B&T SITI.MI
Conversion of 2021, 4 percent bonds into ordinary shares
starts, ends on Sept. 30.
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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/
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/SEPT. 1