The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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 will back Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno to
be the next chairman of euro zone finance ministers, a
government source said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1NZ6XG
Naples, end of two-day conference with EU Commissioner for
Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella.
Rome, "Forum Rome MED 2017 - Mediterranean Dialogues"
starts, ends on Dec. 2. Expected attendees include Eni ENI.MI
CEO Claudio Descalzi, Leonardo LDOF.MI CEO Alessandro Profumo,
Lebanon President Michel Aoun (1300 GMT).
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases October unemployment rate (0900 GMT);
November flash CPI and HICP data (1000 GMT); October producer
prices data (1100 GMT).
Reuters releases November asset allocation poll (1200 GMT).
Milan, Cattolica University holds '2017 Finest Winter
Workshop' on "Contemporary issues in Banking and Finance" with
Credito Valtellinese PCVI.MI General Manager Mauro Selvetti,
European Banking Authority (EBA) President Andrea Enria (0800
GMT).
Rome, new conference on "Digital Transformation into the
Retail Payment System" with Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco
(0800 GMT).
Rome, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan attends seminar on
local government budgets (0830 GMT).
Rome, market regulator Consob President Giuseppe Vegas
speaks before Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee (1300 GMT).
COMPANIES
BANKS
The European Central Bank is likely to delay two proposals
designed to tackle the euro zone's problem with bad loans after
intense pushback from European and Italian lawmakers, three
sources close to the matter told Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1NZ5R5
CREDITO VALTELLINESE PCVI.MI
The bank said Citigroup had joined the guarantee consortium
for its upcoming cash call. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1NR005
CREDITO EMILIANO EMBI.MI
Moody's downgraded the lender's long-term deposit ratings,
saying the move "reflects Credem's reduced stock of bail-in-able
debt, which results in higher loss-given-failure for the bank's
junior deposits". The ratings agency affirmed Credem's
standalone BCA rating, citing its "sound credit
profile". urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nMDY7qYggH
BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI
The Italian Treasury's stake in the lender stood at 68.247
percent as of Nov. 24 after the bond conversion, a regulatory
filing showed.
PIRELLI PIRC.MI , BANCA MEDIOLANUM BMED.MI
Italy's Pirelli will be included in the FTSE MIB blue-chip
index from Monday, Dec. 18, replacing Banca Mediolanum, FTSE
Russell said in a statement. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1NZ6VV
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES FCHA.MI
Alfa Romeo are returning to Formula One for the first time
in 30 years with the century-old Italian marque partnering the
Swiss-based Sauber team as title sponsors. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1NZ32O
ITALMOBILIARE ITMI.MI
Italmobiliare has signed an agreement with Accel-KKR to
combine unit BravoSolution with Jaggaer to create a strong group
in the eprocurement sector. Italmobiliare will hold a stake of
9.5 percent in the combined entity. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1NZ0QH
EXPERT SYSTEM EXSY.MI
Capital increase ends.
GIGLIO GROUP GGTV.MI
Board meeting on Q3 results.
MONDO TV MTV.MI
Board meeting to approve new business plan.
MITTEL MTTI.MI
The company said 12-month net profit to end-September stood
at 31.5 million euros compared with a loss of 4.5 million euros
a year ago. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1NZ0V0
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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/NOV. 30