Italy - Factors to watch on March 20

Italian Wine Brands SpA

20/03/2015 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 
    Italy's Transport Minister Maurizio Lupi said he would step 
down on Friday after his ministry was embroiled in a corruption 
inquiry involving billions of euros in public works 
contracts. ID:nL6N0WL51R  
         
    COMPANIES 
    Milan Stock Exchange rebalances FTSE/MIB Index. 
     
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI  
    The Italian lender said on Thursday its board has increased 
the size of its planned share issue to up to 850 million euros 
($904 million) from an initial proposal submitted to the 
European Central Bank for 700 million euros. ID:nL6N0WL4YR  
     
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    Telecom Italia has launched an offering of unsecured 
equity-linked bonds, seeking up to 2 billion euros ($2.1 
billion) to help fund a recently announced investment 
plan. ID:nL6N0WL4MY  
    The phone group on Thursday proposed to change some of its 
bylaws that would reduce the appointment power of the majority 
slate in a board election. ID:nI6N0W801T  
     
    TELECOM ITALIA, METROWEB, VODAFONE  VOD.L  
    Vodafone and infrastructure fund F2i have signed a 
non-disclosure agreement, two sources said, in a move that could 
help advance the talks between the two companies as the global 
mobile giant seeks to buy a controlling stake in fibre optic 
group Metroweb. However, the hypothesis of Telecom Italia buying 
a stake in Metroweb remains on the table and a solution over the 
shareholder structure of Metroweb is not seen as imminent, the 
sources added. 
     
    BANCA DESIO  DESI.MI  
    The lender reported a net profit of 40.6 million euros for 
last year, up from a net loss of 4.8 million the previous year, 
the company said in a statement.  
     
    EI TOWERS  EIT.MI  
    The company reported a 2014 net profit of 37.8 million 
euros, up from 32.9 million the previous year. ID:nFWN0WL01X   
     
    SALINI IMPREGILO  SALI.MI  
    The builder reported a 12 percent rise in 2014 net profit to 
103 million euros. ID:nFWN0WL02V   
     
    MAIRE TECNIMONT  MTCM.MI  
    The engineering group reported a full-year net income of 
50.6 million euros for last year, up from 17.3 million euros the 
previous year. ID:nFWN0WL02U   
     
    ROBERTO CAVALLI 
    Italy's Roberto Cavalli has appointed Norwegian designer 
Peter Dundas as creative director as the luxury brand prepares 
for a possible sale of a majority stake to private equity firm 
Clessidra. ID:nL6N0WL41S  
     
    PININFARINA  PNNI.MI  
    The automotive design group said its full-year net loss 
narrowed to 1.3 million euros last year from a loss of 10.4 
million euros the previous year.  
     
    BB BIOTECH  BIO.MI  
    Trades ex-dividend of 11.60 Suiss francs. 
     
    Anima holding  ANIM.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    BASIC NET  BCNT.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 10). 
     
    ITALIAN WINE BRANDS  ITWB.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    MERIDIE  MER.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    PLT ENERGIA  PLTEN.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    RENO DE MEDICI  RDM.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    SOFT STRATEGY  YSF.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    SUNSHINE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS  SUNI.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    TECH-VALUE  TV.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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/MARCH 20