Italy - Factors to watch on April 20

Orsero SpA

20/04/2018 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
    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
    Rome, Senate Speaker Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati
reports results of mandate after meetings with political parties
to President Sergio Mattarella.
    The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
said on Thursday he saw the possibility of forming a coalition
with the far-right League, but reiterated his refusal to work
with its electoral allies. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW6VT
    
    ECONOMY
    Italy will slightly raise its forecast for economic growth
this year to 1.6 percent from 1.5 percent when the Treasury
issues new projections next week, government sources have told
Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1R500X
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on April 26.
    Treasury said on Thursday it would offer up to 3.75 billion
euros ($4.63 billion) over three bonds at an auction on April
24. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW63L
    
    COMPANIES
    
    BANKS
    Italian households would bear the brunt of any new bank
failure in the country as they own nearly half of the bonds that
would be written off in such an event, European Central Bank
data showed on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW6EH
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    Activist fund Elliott turned up the volume in its war of
words with Vivendi over the French media group's defence of its
strategy for Telecom Italia (TIM), only days before a fight for
board seats at Italy's biggest phone group. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW1GX
    Vivendi's top investor Vincent Bollore stunned shareholders
and board members on Thursday by anointing his son Yannick as
chairman only days before the company faces a crucial showdown
in Italy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW4PB
       
    BANCA POPOLARE DI BARI 
    Italy's Popolare di Bari has set an ambitious target to
reduce its soured debt this year, two sources familiar with the
matter told Reuters, in a move likely to heighten concerns it
will need fresh capital. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW6G3
    
    SNAM  SRG.MI 
    Greece has accepted a 535 million euro ($662 million) offer
from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority stake in
gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the "preferred investor", its
privatisation agency said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RW5RE
    
    GABELLI VALUE FOR ITALY  GVALU.MI 
    Debuts on AIM segment.
    
    ACEA  ACE.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    AMPLIFON  AMPF.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    ASTM  ATMI.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    BREMBO  BRBI.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    WIIT  WIIT.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    SALVATORE FERRAGAMO  SFER.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0700 GMT).
    
    YOOX NET-A-PORTER  YNAP.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    FOPE  FOPE.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    EUROTECH  E5T.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0700 GMT).
    
    ORSERO  ORSO.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    SERVIZI ITALIA  SERIT.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    PRIMA INDUSTRIE  PRII.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0800 GMT).
    
    BB BIOTECH  BIO.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results.
    
    MEDIACONTECH  MCH.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
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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/