Italy - Factors to watch on Nov. 23
23/11/2021 05:00
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
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 .
GENERAL
Italy reported 70 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday
against 46 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections fell to 6,404 from 9,709.
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Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Monday said it will be
possible for the Italians to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster
five months after completing the first vaccination cycle.
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POLITICS
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Russian President
Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Monday and discussed the
migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarus border, energy prices and
Ukraine, Draghi's office said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SD4P5
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on Nov. 26.
COMPANIES
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI
Investors in Telecom Italia on Monday cheered a proposal by
U.S. fund KKR KKR.N to buy Italy's debt-laden former phone
monopoly for 33 billion euros ($37 billion) in what would be
Europe's biggest ever private equity buyout.
The shares were 30% higher at closing at 0.4513 euros each,
versus the offer's "indicative" price of 0.505 euros, with more
than 11% of TIM's ordinary capital changing hands. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SD1CT
ENI ENI.MI
Energy group Eni could list up to 30% of its new retail and
renewables business in what is likely to be one of Italy's
biggest initial public offerings next year. At a presentation on
Monday Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi said between 20% and
30% of the unit, renamed Plenitude, could be listed depending on
market conditions. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SD15F
GENERALI GASI.MI
Italian publisher Gruppo De Agostini said on Monday it had
started the process to sell its 1.44% stake in Generali but
would still be in a position to exercise its voting rights at
the insurer's next shareholders' meeting. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SD2UB
ATLANTIA ATL.MI
The bondholders of Atlantia's motorway unit Autostrade per
l'Italia approved on Monday proposed changes to the terms and
conditions of nine bonds issued by Autostrade, clearing another
hurdle for the unit's sale. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SD4AZ
PIAGGIO PIA.MI
News conference to present "2022 strategies and news" with
CEO Roberto Colaninno in Milan (1140 GMT).
PRYSMIAN PRY.MI
"Sustainability Day 2021" online event, CEO Valerio Battista
delivers welcome remarks (1400 GMT); panel "Innovation for more
sustainable power transmission grids" with Battista, Terna
TRN.MI CEO Stefano Antonio Donnarumma (1510 GMT); Battista
delivers closing address (1620 GMT).
DIARY
Wood MacKenzie and Reuters end "Energy Transition Europe
2021" virtual event (0900 GMT); panel "New Energy, New
Challenges: Electrification, Flexibility, and the Grid" with EDF
Energy EDFIGE.UL CEO Simone Rossi; panel "Today's Utility of
Tomorrow" with Enel ENEI.MI Head of Europe Simone Mori; panel
"Innovation in the Age of Transition" with Italgas IG.MI CEO
Paolo Gallo; panel "Decarbonising Gas" with Snam SRG.MI CEO
Marco Alvera.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments holds online news
conference to present "2022 Outlook on market and asset
allocation trends - Have we passed the peak?" (1330 GMT).
Aspenia Talk "Gli investimenti esteri in Italia e in Europa"
online with British American Tobacco Italian unit President and
CEO Roberta Palazzetti, STMicroelectronics STM.MI Chairman
Giuseppe Notarnicola (1700 GMT).
Rome, President Sergio Mattarella meets state auditors newly
appointed prosecutors (1600 GMT).
Rome, conference on "1981-2021 of HIV: forty years in
history" with Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico
addressing welcome remarks, Health Minister Roberto Speranza
delivering closing address (0900 GMT).
Rome, representatives from National Council for Economy and
Labour (CNEL) (0800 GMT), Bank of Italy (0900 GMT); state
auditors (1000 GMT); Parliamentary Budget Office (1100 GMT);
Economy Minister Daniele Franco (1930 GMT) due to speak before
Senate and Chamber of Deputies Budget committees on mini-budget.
Rome, Ansaldo CEO Giuseppe Marino before Parliamentary
Committee for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR) on energy
security in the current phase of ecological transition (1300
GMT).
Rome, state broadcaster RAI President Marinella Soldi and
CEO Carlo Fuortes speak before Supervisory RAI Committee (1230
GMT).
Rome, "Welfare Italia Forum 2021" (0800 GMT). Welcome
remarks by Unipol Group Chairman Pierluigi Stefanini, ISTAT
President Gian Carlo Blangiardo, Equal opportunities Minister
Elena Bonetti; panel "Insurance contribution to the development
of welfare" with IVASS adiser Riccardo Cesari, Industry Deputy
Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin; panel "The Other Transition:
redesigning the welfare system" with ECB representative Ettore
Dorrucci, PNRR technical secretary coordinator Chiara Goretti;
Health Minister adviser Walter Ricciardi, National health
institute ISS President Silvio Brusaferro, Health Ministry
representative Andrea Urbani; OECD representative Stefano
Scarpetta, Giuseppe Guzzetti, Unipol Group CEO Carlo Cimbri,
Regional Affairs Minister Mariastella Gelmini; Cimbri delivers
closing address.
Milan, Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends
international motorcycle exhibition EICMA inauguration ceremony
(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/