Italy - Factors to watch on March 7

Maire SpA

07/03/2025 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.

ECONOMY

Bank of Italy releases February data on Target 2 liabilities and European Central Bank funding to Italian banks.

DEBT

Treasury announces sale of 12-month BOT bills, with relative amounts to be auctioned on March 12.

COMPANIES

(*) LEONARDO LDOF.MI

European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies.

The Italian defence company and Turkey's Baykar said on Thursday they were setting up a joint venture to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), as defence companies scramble to respond to the surge in European military spending.

(*) TELECOM ITALIA (TIM)

Private equity fund CVC's CVC.PA is still interested in Vivendi's VIV.PA stake in Telecom Italia and its interest could grow in the coming weeks, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Friday.

ACEA ACE.MI

French waste and water group Suez said on Thursday that it has no plans to divest from Italian regional utility Acea.

AMPLIFON AMPF.MI

The Italian hearing aid company on Thursday reported a core profit margin below annual guidance and a drop in net profit, pushing its shares down as much as 15.7%, the lowest level since May 2020.

FERRAGAMO SFER.MI

The Italian luxury leather goods group said on Thursday that its adjusted operating profit had more than halved last year, as it was looking for a new boss to replace outgoing Chief Executive Marco Gobbetti.

MAIRE MTCM.MI

The company said on Thursday its subsidiary Nextchem has been awarded a three-year engineering and technology services contract by Satorp in Saudi Arabia.

AVIO AVI.MI

The space company said on Thursday that the Ariane 6 launcher had successfully completed its VA263 flight from Guiana.

(*) SS LAZIO LAZI.MI

The Italian club snatched a late 2-1 win at Viktoria Plzen in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, despite finishing the game with nine men.

MITTEL MTTI.MI

Second of two-day suspension from negotiation ahead of de-listing on March 10.

DIARY

President Sergio Mattarella ends his visit to Japan.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits CERN in Geneva (1100 GMT).

Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta attends ECB International Women's Day 2025 event "Closing the gender gap in financial literacy" in Frankfurt (0940 GMT).

Rome, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani meets Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide.

Rome, Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (1600 GMT).

Rome, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso attends event "Chemical innovation as a multiplier for internationalisation and competitiveness" (0830 GMT).

Rome, Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Pietro Labriola holds meeting with representatives from secotr's trade unions SLC CGIL, FISTEL CISL and UILCOM UIL after TIM's shareholding reorganisation (afternoon).

Milan, conference "The new highway code: how the culture of road safety is changing in Italy" with Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini (0830 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/