Italy - Factors to watch on March 9

Kolinpharma SpA

09/03/2018 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
    Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday called for
politicians to act responsibly as they jockey to form a
government after the inconclusive March 4 election.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QQ60C
    
    DEBT
    Italy's Treasury said it would offer 7.25-8.75 billion euros
in bonds at auction on March 13, including a new seven-year bond
with a 1.45 percent coupon.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1QG01W
    
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases January data on bank lending and
domestic government bond holdings at Italy-based banks.
    
    COMPANIES
    SALVATORE FERRAGAMO  SFER.MI 
    Ferragamo will take the time needed to find a new chief
executive to help turnaround the Italian shoemaker, its chairman
said on Thursday, ruling out a sale of the company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QQ6QC
    
    CREVAL  PCVI.MI 
    Investors took up 83 percent of a 700 million euro ($862
million) new share sale by Italy's Credito Valtellinese, helping
the mid-sized lender's efforts to shed bad debts and
restructure.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QQ6WG
    As pledged, top shareholder Denis Dumont has bought into the
capital increase to keep a 5.1 percent stake, Radiocor news
agency reported quoting financial sources.
    
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Shareholder Raffaele Mincione plans to boost his stake in
the Italian lender from 5.4 percent and ask for the current
board to be removed after he was denied a seat, two sources
familiar with the matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QQ67I
    
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI 
    Independent board member Cesar Alierta has stepped down, the
Milanese merchant bank said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA9DhSFH
    
    BANCA PROFILO  PRO.MI 
    The Italian private bank said on Thursday it would pay 0.5
euros a share as dividend over its 2017 results.
    
    KOLINPHARMA  KIP.MI 
    Debuts on AIM segment and holds listing ceremony (0730 GMT).
    
    PRADA  1913.HK 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call
(1300 GMT).
    
    EPRICE  EPRC.MI 
    Conference call on FY results (1100 GMT).
    
    CAPITAL FOR PROGRESS 2  CFP2.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    GIMA TT  GIMA.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary FY results on Feb.
8).
    
    MOLMED  MLMD.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    OPENJOBMETIS  OJM.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    TAMBURI INVESTMENT PARTNERS  TIP.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    VIANINI  VINI.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/