Italy - Factors to watch on July 18
18/07/2018 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 .
POLITICS
A woman and a boy adrift in the Mediterranean died just
hours before help reached their damaged dinghy, Spanish rescuers
said on Tuesday after finding a second woman alive in the
vessel, which had been carrying migrants towards Europe.
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Italy's anti-establishment coalition government is likely to
delay a planned reform of the country's mutual banks through a
decree it will approve next week, two sources familiar with the
matter said on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1UD5DA
COMPANIES
RAI WAY RWAY.MI
The state-controlled TV masts group said on Tuesday
consolidation in the industry "made sense" and any merger
project would have to involve the company's assets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1TT014
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RAI WAY, EI TOWERS EIT.MI , MEDIASET MS.MI
Italy's biggest commercial broadcaster, Mediaset, has joined
forces with infrastructure fund F2i to launch a takeover bid for
masts group EI Towers, in a move widely expected to spur further
consolidation in the sector. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1UC5NF
SAFILO GROUP SFLG.MI
Debt rating agency Moody's cut its ratings on Italy's Safilo
on Tuesday, saying there were risks that the eyewear group could
fail to refinance its debt. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1UD5K0
SAIPEM SPMI.MI
The oil services group said on Tuesday it had renewed its
debt issuance programme for one year keeping the maximum amount
of 3 billion euros unchanged. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1UD0OZ
STEFANEL STEP.MI
The clothing retailer said on Tuesday that CEO Cristiano
Portas had stepped down as announced and would take a severance
pay of 170,000 euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA1BKCJX
ENEL ENEI.MI
The Italian utility said on Tuesday it had appointed
Maurizio Bezzeccheri as new head of South America, replacing
Luca D'Agnese who would be leaving the group for personal
reasons at the end of the month. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA2nwXym
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
Belgium is being offered a possible role in future European
combat jet developments if it picks the Eurofighter Typhoon over
the U.S.-built F-35, in a fierce contest to rearm the country's
air force, a senior official with Britain's BAE Systems said.
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FIAT CHRYSLER FCHA.MI
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will meet
President Donald Trump in Washington next week to explore the
possibility of starting negotiations on reducing car tariffs for
several key trade partners, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday
citing two people with knowledge of the plans.
INTRED INTD.MI
Debuts on AIM segment.
BENI STABILI BNSI.MI
Board meeting on H1 results.
SNAITECH SNAI.MI
Ordinary shareholders' meeting (0700 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/