Italy - Factors to watch on August 7

Mediobanca Banca Di Credito Finanziario SpA

07/08/2026 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 (*).

ECONOMY
Italy's competition authority has fined e-scooter and e-bike operators Bird, Dott and Lime LIME.O a total of almost €2.7 million ($3.12 million) for unfair commercial practices, it said in a statement on Thursday.
Bank of Italy publishes July data on Italy's liabilities within the Eurosystem via Target2 (0730 GMT).

DEBT
Italy's Treasury announces details of the next BOT auction.

COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
Commerzbank's CBKG.DE Chief Executive Bettina Orlopp said on Thursday a tie-up with UniCredit could create value for both sides, in a significant shift of tone as she looks to direct talks with her counterpart Andrea Orcel.

GENERALI GASI.MI 
Italy's top insurer beat estimates with its first-half results on Thursday thanks to the contribution of all of its businesses and said it would start a new €500-million tranche of its share buyback programme next week
Generali CEO Philippe Donnet told a post-results media call that the entire team was focused on delivering the company's strategy and would "keep going without thinking" about recent Italian banking M&A rumours sparked by Intesa's bid for Banca Monte dei Paschi.
"To safeguard the Group's independence and integrity, all implications for our business and for the competitive environment in which we operate must be assessed with the utmost care and scrutiny, including by the relevant Italian and European authorities," he added.
Analyst call on H1 results (1000 GMT).

(*) BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI, INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
Italy's third-largest bank on Friday beat market forecasts with its quarterly profit and said it continued to study strategic options to fend off a takeover bid by rival Intesa Sanpaolo.
Conference call on Q2 and H1 2026 results (0700 GMT).

(*) UNIPOL UNPI.MI
The Italian financial group reported a 42% year-on-year rise in its half-year net profit to €1.06 billion ($1.22 billion) on Friday, including contribution from BPER EMII.MI which updated its outlook the day before.
Conference call on H1 results (1130 GMT).

MEDIOBANCA MDBI.MI
The Italian merchant bank on Thursday reported a 6% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first half of 2026, to €711 million.

(*) OFFICINA STELLARE OS.MI, LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The company said on Friday it has signed contract with Leonardo for Prisma SG mission optics. The contract is worth €1.84 million ($2.12 million) with about 11% of the total expected to be executed by year-end.

(*) PRYSMIAN PRY.MI
Berenberg raised its rating on the cable maker to 'buy' from 'hold' and its target price to €150 from €130.

(*) TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI
Credit rating agency Moody's has placed late on Thursday the Italian phone group on review for upgrade the 'Ba1' long term corporate family rating (CFR) and the 'Ba1'-PD probability of default rating (PDR).

(*) EL.EN ELEN.MI
The Italian company said on Friday it has signed a binding agreement for the sale of 80% of the Cutlite Penta business unit to German laser maker Trumpf with a maximum aggregate value expected to amount to approximately €21 million.


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
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 = 0.8678 euros)