The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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POLITICS
Italy's new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte may push back a
planned meeting on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron
in Paris amid a diplomatic spat over immigration policy, an
Italian government source said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1C401H
Italy summoned France's envoy on Wednesday and angrily
rejected French criticism of its immigration policies,
escalating a diplomatic standoff that widens one of Europe's
main political fault lines. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TF2GF
COMPANIES
MEDIASET MS.MI
British broadcaster Sky SKYB.L and sports media group
Perform won the rights to screen Italy's top flight Serie A
football matches until 2021, for a total of more than 973
million euros ($1.2 billion) a season, Italy's soccer League
chairman said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TF2N2
BANKS
Italian banks are set to shed 70 billion euros ($82 billion)
in bad loans in 2018, with a strong market for disposing of such
assets in prospect in the years ahead, PwC said on Wednesday.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1TF5FJ
MASI AGRICOLA MASIA.MI
The wine producer reported a flat 2017 core profit on a 1
percent increase in revenues driven by the acquisition of
sparkling wine maker Canevel, which helped offset the hit from
weaker demand and bad weather. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1TF0MJ
TERNIENERGIA TRNI.MI
Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0700 GMT).
TREVI GROUP TFI.MI
Board meeting on Q1 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/