Italy - Factors to watch on Dec. 20

Iren S.p.A.

20/12/2024 05:00

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 .
    
    POLITICS
    A court in Palermo is expected to deliver a verdict on
Friday in a kidnapping trial involving Italy's deputy prime
minister Matteo Salvini, who risks a six-year prison term for
holding a boat full of migrants offshore for almost three weeks
in 2019.
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases December consumer and business confidence
data (0900 GMT); October industry sales data (1000 GMT);
November producer prices data (1100 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI  
    Germany will not subject any potential takeover of
Commerzbank  CBKG.DE  by UniCredit to an investment screening, a
German government source said on Thursday. The source said that
was regardless of whether the German lender were considered
so-called critical infrastructure or not.
    
    BANCO BPM  BAMI.MI  
    The bank struck a deal with trade unions on 550 new hirings
in exchange for 1,110 voluntary early retirements, the FABI
banking sector union said on Thursday.
    
    IVECO  IVG.MI  
    The defence and civil protection unit IDV has signed a
contract with the Italian Army worth 755 million euros for the
supply of 1,453 tactical-logistic trucks, the company said on
Thursday.
    
    RAI WAY  RWAY.MI  
    The main shareholders in Italian broadcasting tower
companies Rai Way and EI Towers signed a preliminary agreement
to kick off talks on a potential merger, with an exclusivity
period until Sept. 30, 2025, they said on Thursday.
    
    A2A  A2.MI , ASCOPIAVE  ASCI.MI 
    Italian utility said on Thursday it reached an agreement to
sell part of its gas distribution network in northern Italy to
smaller rival Ascopiave.
    
    
    DIARY
    Milan, Mediobanca  MDBI.MI  holds Mediobanca CSR Conference
on "Unaccompanied foreign minors between rights and
opportunities" with CEO Alberto Nagel, U.N. High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi (0930 GMT).
    Lampedusa, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti pays visit
to local tax police 'Guardia di Finanza' unit.
    Podere Rota (Arezzo), Iren  IREE.MI  inaugurates new
recovery plant for critical raw materials and precious metals
(0815 GMT); expected attendees include Energy Security Minister
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Iren Chairman Luca Dal Fabbro, Iren
Environment unit CEO Eugenio Bertolini.
    
    ((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/