Italy - Factors to watch on March 1

Lindbergh SpA

01/03/2024 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 Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets U.S. President
Joe Biden (1800 GMT); followed by news conference.
    
    ECONOMY
    February PMI manufacturing HCOB data (0845 GMT).
    ISTAT releases January unemployment rate data (0900 GMT);
February CPI flash data (1000 GMT); deficit/GDP ratio data for
2023 (1100 GMT).
    Transport Ministry releases February car sales data (1700
GMT).
    February state sector borrowing requirement data.
    
    DEBT
    Treasury ends offer of new 6-year 'Btp Valore', BTP bond for
retail investors only, subject to early closure.
    
    COMPANIES
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI 
    The Italian defence and aerospace group achieved positive
and "promising" results last year, its chief executive Roberto
Cingolani said on Thursday, after the defence and aerospace
conglomerate beat its 2023 targets for orders, cash flow and
debt. 
    Cingolani also said the was discussing a possible joint
venture with Germany's military sensor maker Hensoldt  HAGG.DE .
        
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Italy's data protection authority on Thursday fined a unit
of the country's largest utility more than 79 million euros 
($85.30 million), accusing it of mishandling users' personal
data for telemarketing.

    NEXI  NEXII.MI 
    The Italian digital payments company said on Thursday it had
signed a deal with a workers' union for 400 voluntary exits,
adding that it would hire at least 200 new staff by 2026. 
    
    MONTE DEI PASCHI  BMPS.MI 
    The state-owned Italian lender said on Thursday it had
recalled a proposal to pay a cash dividend of 0.25 euros per
share.
    
    IVECO  IVG.MI 
    The Italian truckmaker said on Thursday it had signed a deal
to supply 178 sustainable trucks to shipping company DHL in
Germany.
        
    TELECOM ITALIA (TIM)  TLIT.MI 
    The former Italian phone monopoly is seeking to negotiate
new plans with unions to reduce working hours for many of its
domestic staff under a scheme aimed at averting job cuts and
reducing costs, two sources said on Thursday.
 
    LINDBERGH  LDB.MI 
    The services and waste management company said on Thursday
that Algebris investments had passed a 5% stake threshold.
        
    DIARY
    Assogestioni releases January fund flows data (1000 GMT).
    Rome, President Sergio Mattarella meets German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz (1600 GMT).
    Rome, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Poste Italiane
 PST.MI  top management attend presentation of 'Polis project'
for passport applications in post offices in municipalities with
less than 15,000 inhabitants (1000 GMT).
    
    ((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.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/ 


($1 = 0.9261 euros)