Italy - Factors to watch on Dec. 14

Mittel SpA

14/12/2016 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday. 
    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 Paolo Gentiloni won an initial vote 
of confidence in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday after 
laying out a limited programme for his new government. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1DP26I 
     
    ECONOMY 
    ISTAT releases November final CPI and HICP data (0900 GMT). 
     
    COMPANIES 
    MEDIASET  MS.MI  
    Mediaset's top shareholder Finivest said on Tuesday it had 
bought 27.6 million of shares in the Italian broadcaster and had 
rights to buy 14 million more on Wednesday to reach 39.775 
percent of the group's voting capital.  I6N1E400F  
    French tycoon Vincent Bollore has raised the stakes in a 
battle with Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset by saying Vivendi 
 VIV.PA  could buy up to a fifth of the Italian broadcaster, 
stirring talk of a hostile takeover bid. 
    Vivendi, led by chairman and biggest shareholder Bollore, 
said on Tuesday it had raised its Mediaset stake to 12.3 
percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1E82C5  
     
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI  
    The European Central Bank has given to the bank until Feb 28 
to present a plan to cut non-performing loans.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1E400B 
     
    MONTE DEI PASCHI  BMPS.MI  
    Troubled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena BMPS.MI 
said it had received an official communication from the European 
Central Bank on Tuesday rejecting its request for more time to 
raise capital.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1E400E 
    Credit rating agency DBRS said on Tuesday it had lowered 
Monte dei Paschi di Siena's  senior long-term rating to B (low) 
from B (high).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1E4007 
     
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI  
    The bank has raised the bar for other Italian banks by 
announcing a radical clean-up of its balance sheet through the 
sale of bad loans worth 17.7 billion euros ($19 billion). 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1E84C4 
     
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI  
    CEO Victor Massiah attends prize-giving ceremony (1330 GMT). 
     
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI  
    Bond holders' meetings. 
     
    METHORIOS CAPITAL  MTHC.MI  
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meeting (0930 GMT). 
     
    MITTEL  MTTI.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (ending on Sept. 30, 2016). 
     
    OVS  OVS.MI  
    Board meeting on Q3 results, followed by conference call. 
     
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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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/DEC. 14