Italy - Factors to watch on May 2

Ki Holding SpA

02/05/2018 06:24

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
    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
    The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
called on Monday for early elections in June, saying efforts to
form a coalition government after last month's inconclusive vote
had failed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S743W
    
    ECONOMY
    Markit/ADACI releases April PMI manufacturing (0745 GMT).
    ISTAT releases March unemployment rate data (0800 GMT) and
Q1 GDP data (0900 GMT).
    Transport Ministry releases April car sales data (1600 GMT).
    April state sector borrowing requirement data.
    
    COMPANIES
    
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    Most major automakers on Tuesday posted lower new U.S.
vehicle sales for April as consumer demand continued to weaken
and competition intensified following a lengthy boom for the
industry. Fiat Chrysler was alone among the top sellers in the
U.S. market, posting an overall sales increase of 5 percent in
April. But retail sales to consumers were down 1 percent while
lower-margin fleet sales to rental car companies and government
agencies were up 5 percent. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1S80RI
    The latest U.S. proposal for increasing NAFTA's regional
automotive content would carry a four-year phase-in to meet a
higher, 75 percent regional value threshold and new labor
content rules requiring substantial work at wages of $16 an hour
or higher. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1S71MS
    
    SALINI IMPREGILO  SALI.MI 
    Italian builder Salini Impregilo could list in the United
States in about 12 to 18 months, chief executive Pietro Salini
told an annual shareholders' meeting on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S75JN
    
    AMPLIFON  AMPF.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call
(1300 GMT).
    
    SPACE4  SPA4.MI 
    Presentation with Guala Closures Group of 'Business
Combination' in Milan (0900 GMT).
    
    TENARIS  TENR.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings in
Luxembourg (0730 GMT).
    
    Annual general meetings: COMPAGNIA IMMOBILIARE AZIONARIA
 CIAZ.MI  (0930 GMT), DIGITAL360  DIGT.MI  (1300 GMT), DIGITOUCH
 DGT.MI  (0800 GMT).
    
    Board meetings on Q1 results: KI GROUP  KI.MI , RENO DE
MEDICI  RDM.MI .
    
    ((Milan newsroom, +39 02 6612 9507, fax +39 02 801149, 
milan.newsroom@news.reuters.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/