Italy - Factors to watch on September 21

Juventus FC SpA

21/09/2026 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 (*).

POLITICS
Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing credentials at a youth event organised by her party.

ECONOMY
Italy is ready to act to eliminate the premium it pays for gas, even without the EU's approval, despite concerns that the measures could trigger an EU infringement procedure, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin told daily la Repubblica on Sunday. 
He added that Italy was negotiating with the EU to cap the price of gas used by power plants, a measure Spain introduced in 2022, and that a cap of €80 would serve no purpose.
Italian government ministries implemented spending cuts worth €2.9 billion in 2025, or €600 million more than initially planned, Il Messaggero reported on Sunday, citing a document. The figure could be relevant to the calculation of Italy's deficit-to-GDP ratio, the daily added. 

DEBT
Treasury announces details of the BTP Short and BTPei auction due on Thursday.

COMPANIES  
STELLANTIS STLAM.MI
The Franco-Italian carmaker is considering the sale of its controlling stake in French used-car platform Aramis Group ARAMI.PA, Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Saturday citing French website L'Informé.
(*) Major automakers, including Stellantis, suppliers and dealers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping next week.

INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI, MONTE DEI PASCHI (MPS) BMPS.MI
The European Central Bank's approval of Intesa Sanpaolo's takeover bid for smaller peer Monte dei Paschi di Siena is expected by mid-October, Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Saturday.
After the ECB's green light, Italy's largest bank could launch the tender offer acceptance period around mid-November, Il Sole reported, adding that an antitrust decision on the deal is expected between November 15 and November 25. Intesa Sanpaolo has already secured roughly half of the approximately 40 regulatory approvals required from banking supervisors, the newspaper reported.

UNICREDIT CRDI.MI, BANCO BPM BAMI.MI
UniCredit and Crédit Agricole CAGR.PA are assessing a joint move on Italian lender Banco BPM BAMI.MI in which the French bank is the biggest investor, Italian daily Il Sole 24 ore reported on Saturday without further elaborating.
UniCredit holds an extraordinary shareholders' meeting.

(*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The lender should receive the ECB's approval for its offer for Commerzbank CBKG.DE in mid-October, Corriere della Sera's supplement L'Economia reported on Monday, adding that the Italian bank would then turn its attention back to Italy.

POSTE ITALIANE PST.MI, TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI 
Poste reopens its takeover bid on Telecom Italia, until Friday. 

THE ITALIAN SEA GROUP TISGR.MI
The judicial commissioners of the troubled yacht maker have narrowed the field to at least four potential bidders for the acquisition of the company, financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Saturday, citing market rumours.
Polo Nautico Carrara (PNC), a newly formed vehicle that includes Italian yacht maker Sanlorenzo SNL.MI and SRI Global, an investment holding company controlled by Italian businessman Giulio Gallazzi, is interested in acquiring the entire company through a share deal.
Azimut Benetti, Baglietto and Ferretti Group YACHT.MI, meanwhile, are interested only in an asset deal involving the group's shipyard in La Spezia, the newspaper added.
(*) Azimut Benetti's Chairwoman Giovanna Vitelli told Corriere della Sera's weekly supplement, L'Economia, on Monday that the company was assessing the situation, which is "complicated by boats under construction and its workforce".

TECHNOPROBE TPRO.MI, DIASORIN DIAS.MI 
The semiconductor testing company joins Italy's blue-chip FTSE MIB index on Monday, replacing diagnostics group Diasorin.

M&A, ANSALDO ENERGIA
Several Middle Eastern investors, including Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, are interested in buying a stake in the Italian power engineering group controlled by state-backed investor CDP Equity, Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday.

JUVENTUS JUVE.MI
Goals in either half from Francisco Conceicao and Bremer earned Juventus a 2-0 home winover Atalanta in their Serie A clash on Sunday

LAZIO LAZI.MI 
The Rome-based team kept up with the pace-setters on Saturday thanks to a 2-0 win over Venezia.
Board meeting on H1 results.    


DIARY 
Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta delivers a speech at 10th Annual Research Conference hosted by the National Bank of Ukraine. 
Milan Fashion Global Summit.
Milan, PWC presents first-half 2026 private equity and venture capital data in a Teams webcast with AIFI and PWC Italy speakers (0900-1000 GMT).

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
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/