Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 28
28/01/2019 05:00
(Reuters) - The following factors could affect Italian
markets on Monday.
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 .
DEBT
Italy's Treasury said on Friday it would issue between 6.5
and 8.0 billion euros over three bonds, including a 5- and
10-year BTP nominal bond, at auction on Jan. 30. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1ZG02Z
COMPANIES
ENI ENI.MI
Italy's Eni and Austria's OMV OMVV.VI have agreed to pay a
combined $5.8 billion to take a stake in Abu Dhabi National Oil
Company's (ADNOC) ADNOC.UL refining business and establish a
new trading operation owned by the three partners. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ZR08C
MEDIASET MS.MI
An Italian judge confirmed on Friday that Simon Fiduciaria
could not block two resolutions passed at Mediaset's shareholder
meeting last year, holding a verdict issued in November by a
court in Milan.
The Italian broadcaster is studying a merger with its
Spanish unit Mediaset Espana TL5.MC , La Repubblica reported on
Saturday.
ITALIAN BANKS
State-owned bad loan manager SGA plans to set up a platform
that will buy unlikely-to-pay loans from Italian mid-seized
lenders such as UBI Banca UBI.MI , Banco BPM BAMI.MI and BPER
EMII.MI , Il Sole 24 Ore said. Prelios and Bain & Co will
likely help SGA in the project, the newspaper reported on
Sunday.
BPER EMII.MI , UNIPOL UNPI.MI , MONTE DEI PASCHI BMPS.MI
The idea that Unipol Banca could take part in a three way
merger with Bper and Monte dei Paschi is "pure fantasy", Unipol
CEO Carlo Cimbri was quoted as saying at the World Economic
Forum in Davos by several Italian newspapers.
INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
The lender is still interested in investing in China, even
if the country's economic growth is slowing down, CEO Carlo
Messina was quoted as saying at the World Economic Forum in
Davos by Class CNBC. Messina also said the government bond yield
spread between Italy and Germany should tighten to 150 basis
points to reflect the fundamentals of the Italian economy.
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
Italy's privacy watchdog on Dec. 13 asked the country's
biggest bank to inform clients of an attempted data breach of
731,519 mobile banking accounts dating back to Oct. 21, a
document on the authority's website showed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1ZG030
TOD'S TOD.MI
Top shareholder Diego Della Valle has bought a further 0.99
percent of the company this week, filing documents showed, after
the Italian luxury goods group reported weak 2018 sales, sending
its shares sharply lower. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1ZP5FJ
BANCA CARIGE CRGI.MI
Italy's Carige said on Friday it had issued 2 billion euros
($2.3 billion) in state-guaranteed debt after the Rome
government approved emergency liquidity measures earlier this
month to prop up the ailing bank. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1ZP5E7
The bonds are being sold to institutional investors, Il Sole
24 Ore said on Saturday, adding the bulk of them was already
placed.
ALITALIA CAITLA.UL , FERROVIE DELLO STATO IPO-FERRO.MI
State-owned Ferrovie dello Stato will choose on Tuesday the
partner with which it will rescue Italy's airline Alitalia, il
Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday, adding U.S. carrier
Delta Air Lines DAL.N is in pole position.
FINCANTIERI FCT.MI
The Italian shipbuilder does not think the French government
holds a grudge against Italy, the CEO of Fincantieri was quoted
as saying by Italian daily La Stampa on Sunday. The European
Commission said earlier this month that it would investigate
Fincantieri's planned acquisition of French counterpart
Chantiers de l'Atlantique after France and Germany asked it to
do so.
RETELIT LIT.MI
Retelit's second-biggest investor Raffaele Mincione, who
owns 12.8 percent through Fiber 4.0 investment vehicle, plans to
increase his stake in the telecoms company, Il Sole 24 Ore
reported on Saturday.
DE LONGHI DLG.MI
The white goods maker said on Friday revenues rose 5.3
percent year-on-year in 2018. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZP0YT
ANSALDO STS STS.MI
Share trading suspended ahead of delisting on Jan. 30.
MITTEL MTTI.MI
Ordinary shareholders' meeting (1000 GMT).
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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/
(Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))