Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 15

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15/02/2018 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday. 
    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 December foreign trade data (0900 GMT). 
    Bank of Italy releases December data on public finances, 
state borrowing and debt. 
    Rome, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan attends a book 
presentation "Finance and investment: the European case" (1630 
GMT). 
     
    COMPANIES 
    CREVAL  PCVI.MI  
    Mid-sized lender Creval will offer new shares at 0.10 euros 
each from Monday, in a 700 million euro ($869 million) offer 
that will test investor demand for Italian banks ahead of a 
general election.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q46XZ 
     
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI  
    Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo said on Wednesday that the 
company does not need to raise equity on the market. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1PR01A 
    Britain on Wednesday submitted its final offer of 
Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Belgium, the UK's defence ministry 
said, in a proposal which includes 34 planes and support 
services. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a joint project between 
British defence group BAE Systems  BAES.L , France's Airbus 
 AIR.PA  and Italy's Leonardo, and Britain said the proposal had 
the support of all three nations plus Germany.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q47D2 
     
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI , ENEL  ENEI.MI  
    Bridgewater has shown its hand in Europe with a $22 billion 
bet against some of the continent's biggest companies, filings 
reviewed by Reuters show, part of a bigger shift by the world's 
largest hedge fund manager. 
    Bridgewater's short positions amount to more than $4.5 
billion in France and top $7.3 billion in Germany, while in 
Spain its shorts in four groups amount to almost 1.4 billion 
euros ($1.7 billion) and in Italy include Unicredit and Enel. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q43WE 
     
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI  
    Allianz  ALVG.DE  spa Chairman Claudia Parzani declined to 
comment on recent media speculation saying the Italian bank was 
looking at the potential acquisition of Allianz Bank. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q47AI   
     
    ENI  ENI.MI  
    Board meeting on Q4 results (press release on Feb. 16). 
     
    CEMENTIR  CEMI.MI  
    Cementir Holding said on Wednesday it had acquired an 
additional 38.75 percent stake in Lehigh White Cement Company 
(LWCC) to expand its presence in the United States. It paid a 
cash consideration of $106.6 million for increasing its 
shareholding in LWCC to 63 percent, it said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1Q41D4 
     
    INDUSTRIAL STARS OF ITALY 3  IN3.MI  
    Board meeting on H1 results. 
     
    NOVA RE  NR.MI  
    The real estate group said on Wednesday it had approved its 
2018-2024 industrial focusing on hospitality.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1Q41DF 
     
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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/FEB. 15