Italy - Factors to watch on July 14

Ops Italia SpA

14/07/2016 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 
    A head-on train collision in southern Italy, one of the 
worst rail crashes in the country's history, has highlighted 
Italy's struggle to harness European Union funds meant to 
improve its creaking infrastructure. The tragedy could have been 
avoided if long-standing plans to build a second line had been 
followed through.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N19Z1KP  
    European Commission Vice President for the Digital Single 
Market Andrus Ansip speaks before Senate Industry Committee 
(1200 GMT). 
     
    COMPANIES 
    ITALIAN BANKS 
    Any discussion of Italian government assistance to banks 
must follow all EU rules, including those stating private 
investors and large depositors must suffer losses before public 
money is used, two top central bankers said on Wednesday. Italy 
has been in talks with the EU to provide state aid to its 
troubled bank sector, weighed down by 360 billion euros ($400 
billion) of non-performing loans.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N19Z4M8 
    The European Central Bank will ask banks to hold broadly the 
same amount in capital buffers this year as in 2015, its head of 
banking supervision said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N19Z47Z 
     
    RCS MEDIAGROUP  RCSM.MI , CAIRO COMMUNICATION  CAI.MI  
    A takeover bid launched by Investindustrial and group of 
existing RCS shareholders reached 3.9 percent of the offer on 
Wednesday, raising the stake of consortium in RCS capital to 
27.8 percent. Rival bid by Cairo Communication reached 11 
percent of the publishers capital. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N19S00T 
     
    BANCA POPOLARE DI VICENZA  IPO-BPVS.MI  
    The regional lender gave mandate to lawyers on Wednesday to 
evaluate legal actions to be filed against previous management.  
     
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI  
    The defence group signed a 10-year agreement with U.K. BAE 
Systems worth 600 million euros, for the supply of the avionic 
equipment of the Royal Air Force Typhoon plane fleet. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N19S00S 
     
    CAMPARI  CPRI.MI  
    The Italian beverage company said on Wednesday it launched 
squeeze out procedure on the shares of Societe des Produits 
Marnier Lapostolle (SPML), Grand Marnier's owner, to delist the 
French liqueur maker.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N19S00Q 
     
    ITALMOBILIARE  ITMI.MI  
    The company said on Wednesday it increased to 8 euros the 
extraordinary privileged dividend for each savings share. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N19Z50R 
     
    BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI  
    Board meeting approves H1 preliminary net revenues. 
     
    EEMS  EEMS.MI  
    Annual general meeting (1300 GMT). 
     
    SESA  SES.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI  
    Chairman Giuseppe Vita attends 'East Forum' on "The New 
Europe: Migrations, Integration and Security" (0630 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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/JULY 14