Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 7

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07/10/2020 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 .
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases August retail sales data (0800 GMT)) and
monthly bulletin on the state of the economy in September (0900
GMT).
    Bank of Italy releases September data on Target 2
liabilities and European Central Bank funding to Italian banks.
    
    COMPANIES
    Milan Stock Exchange ends "Virtual STAR Conference 2020 Fall
Edition".
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday lowered its outlook on Telecom
Italia (TIM) to negative, citing lower revenue due to the
pandemic and a loose grip of the Italian former phone monopolist
on its key network asset.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GX66J

    NEXI  NEXII.MI 
    Mercury UK Holdco, the top shareholder in Nexi, said on
Tuesday it was placing 13.4% of the Italian payments group a day
after the firm announced a merger with rival SIA.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GX6AL 
    
    JUVENTUS  JUVE.MI , AS ROMA  ASR.MI , LAZIO  LAZI.MI 
    Two private equity groups have revised their final bids to
Italy's top-flight soccer league as they vie to secure a slice
of Serie A's lucrative broadcasting rights business for the next
10 seasons, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GX5WA   
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Eni on Tuesday placed two hybrid bonds for 3 billion euros.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GX0UW
    
    CNH INDUSTRIAL  CNHI.MI 
    CNH Industrial Capital Llc has completed offer of $500
million in notes due 2026 with an issue price of 99.761%.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GX0LP
        
    SAFILO  SFLG.MI 
    Safilo said on Tuesday it had renewed eyewear licensing
agreement with Pierre Cardin until 2026.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GX0LR
    
    BANCA FARMAFACTORING  BFF.MI 
    BFF Lux said on Tuesday it was selling 4% in Italy's Banca
Farmafactoring through an accelerated book building.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GX5W1
    
    AEROPORTO DI BOLOGNA  ADB.MI  
    Aeroporto di Bologna on Tuesday reported that passenger
traffic fell 83.3% year-on-year in September.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GX0IP
    
    NB AURORA NA SICAF RAIF  NBAA.MI 
    Capital increase ends (started on Sept.  21).
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico receives
Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita (1415 GMT).
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee holds
meeting with Kosovo Foreign Affaris Minister Meliza
Haradinaj-Stubbla (1200 GMT).
    Rome, Equal Opportunities and Family Minister Elena Bonetti
presents report on STEP project, stereotype and prejudice for a
cultural change in gender representation in the judiciary, law
enforcement and media reporting, at Foreign Press Association
(1200 GMT).
    Rome, Alitalia  CAITLA.UL  special administrator Giuseppe
Leogrande (1230 GMT) and Transport Vice Minister Giovanni Carlo
Cancelleri (1400 GMT) speak before Chamber of Deputies Transport
and Industry comittee on Alitalia's economic-financial
situation.
    Rome, Equal Opportunities and Family Minister Elena Bonetti
speaks before Children and Adolescence Committee (0615 GMT).
    'Made in Italy: the restart' digital edition continues, ends
on Oct. 8. This day on "Made in Italy Excellence: Fashion,
Furniture, Food & Manufacturing", expected attendees include
Cabinet Undersecretary Riccardo Fraccaro, Leonardo  LDOF.MI  CEO
Alessandro Profumo, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Giorgio
Saccoccia, Bulgari Group CEO Jean-Christophe Babin, Tod's
 TOD.MI  Chairman Diego Della Valle, Italian luxury goods
association Altagamma Foundation President Matteo Lunelli,
Barilla Vice President Paolo Barilla, Italian farmers
association Coldiretti President Ettore Prandini, Energica Motor
Company  EMCC.MI  CEO Livia Cevolini (1230 GMT).
    Udine, conference on "Reality beyond numbers, artificial
intelligence as an engine for business development" with Telecom
Italia  TLIT.MI  (TIM) CEO Luigi Gubitosi, Italian luxury goods
association Altagamma CEO David Bevilacqua (1330 GMT).
    Milan, Esselunga, one of Italy's biggest supermarket chains,
holds news conference to present "2019 Sustainability Report"
(0830 GMT).
    Webinar on "Cross-border cost allocation for electricity
projects in the Mediterranean".
    
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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/