Italy - Factors to watch on September 14

Italian Wine Brands SpA

14/09/2015 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. 
    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 . 
     
    ECONOMY 
    ISTAT releases August final CPI and HICP data (0800 GMT). 
     
    Bank of Italy releases July data on public finances, state 
borrowing and debt. 
     
    COMPANIES 
     
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI   
    The car maker's Italian plants will operate at full capacity 
in 2018 and are already running at 80 percent of their 
potential, thanks to the production of the Panda model at its 
Pomigliano plant, EMEA head Alfredo Altavilla was quoted as 
saying on Sunday by Corriere della Sera. 
     
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    In a interview published by Milano Finanza on Saturday, 
Vivendi  VIV.PA  CEO de Puyfontaine said its investment in 
Telecom Italia created a big opportunity to distribute its 
content in Italy. In the same interview, Telecom Italia chairman 
Giuseppe Recchi said the Italian group was still brainstorming 
with its new French investor over possible joint projects.  
     
    FINMECCANICA  SIFI.MI   
    In an interview with Il Messaggero published on Sunday, 
French defence group Thales  TCFP.PA  CEO Patrice Caine called 
for strengthening its space alliance with Finmeccanica and said 
it was open to broadening its ties with the Italian group to 
other businesses, such as defence electronics and weapons. 
    Finmeccanica is expected this week to sign a 4 billion euro 
financing deal with banks that will guarantee its big 
Eurofighter order with Kuwait, Il Sole 24 Ore said on Saturday.  
  
         
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI  
    The cable maker wants to buy other companies in its sectors, 
CEO Valerio Battista told Radio 24, according to an emailed 
statement from the radio station. 
         
    ENEL  ENEI.MI  
    The utility company confirms it would post EBITDA of around 
15 billion euros in 2015 with a net debt of around 39 billion 
euros, Il Sole 24 Ore said on Sunday in its "Letter to the 
Investor" column. 
     
    A2A  A2.MI   
    The regional utility company is ready to make a non-binding 
offer to buy smaller domestic rival Linea Group, Il Sole 24 Ore 
said on Sunday. The parties have agreed to an period of 
exclusive talks that ends on Sept. 30, it said. 
     
    POSTE ITALIANE  PSTIT.UL   
    The state-owned post office will meet investors in New York 
and London between Monday and Wednesday ahead of its planned 
listing in October, which could see sovereign funds enter its 
capital, Il Sole 24 Ore said on Sunday.     
        
    VENETO BANCA  VBANC.UL  
    An association of investors called Per Veneto Banca expects 
to increase the combined stake held in the lender by its members 
to 10 percent from 8 percent and is supportive of plans to 
transform the company into a joint stock firm, its chairman 
Diego Carraro was quoted as saying by Il Sole 24 Ore on 
Saturday. 
              
    MONDADORI  MOED.MI   
    The publisher is in talks with six banks over a 550 
million-euro financing to refinance existing credit lines, Il 
Messaggero said on Saturday. It said 50 million euros will help 
it complete the purchase of RCS MediaGroup's  RCSM.MI  book 
business. 
     
    ENAV  IPO-ENAV.MI   
    Traffic control operator Enav has picked banks Banca Imi, 
Mediobanca, Unicredit, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan e Barclays to 
advise on its planned IPO, sources close to the matter said 
without ruling out possible changes.      
     
    WORLD DUTY FREE  WDF.MI  
    Dufry  DUFN.S  starts full mandatory tender offer on World 
Duty Free shares (0630 GMT); ends on Oct. 9. 
     
     
    I GRANDI VIAGGI  IGV.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results. 
     
    SESA  SES.MI  
    Board meeting on Q1 results and trades ex-dividend of 0.45 
euro per share.     
         
    GIGLIO GROUP  GGTV.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 results. 
     
    ITALIAN WINE BRANDS  ITWB.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 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/SEPTEMBER 14