Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 21

Pierrel SpA

21/02/2019 05:00

MILANO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - 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 .
    
    POLITICS
    Rome, Cabinet meeting (0930 GMT).
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases January CPI and HICP final data (0900 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on Feb. 26.
    
    COMPANIES
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  (TIM)
    Italian state lender CDP increased its stake in the telecoms
group to 5.03 percent as of Feb. 17.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N20200P
    Brazilian government should auction the 5G spectrum as soon
as possible, the CEO of TIM's Brazilian unit said on Wednesday
adding that he expected that to happen in about a year's time.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nE4N20D00F
    Board meeting on FY results and 2019-2021 business plan.
    
    TERNA  TRN.MI 
    Italian power grid operator has hired Spanish bank Santander
to scout investors that could plough cash into its transmission
businesses in Brazil, Peru and Uruguay, four sources familiar
with the matter told Reuters. Terna could raise 200 million to
300 million euros from the process, two of the sources said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20F5FH
    
    ASCOPIAVE  ASCI.MI 
    The Italian utility started looking for strategic
partnership to strengthen its position in the sale of gas and
energy and in gas distribution, the company said on Wednesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20F0WP
    
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI 
    The Italian cable maker said a system failure was detected
in Westerlink Interconnection. The link is out of operation
Prysmian said, adding it was committed to solve the issue.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20F0XZ
    
    LAZIO  LAZI.MI 
    Lazio lost 2-0 to Spain's Sevilla on Wednesday as the Rome
club was kicked out of Europa League.
    
    TENARIS  TENR.MI 
    Conference call on FY results (1400 GMT).
    
    COIMA RES  CRES.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    PIERREL  PRL.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    ITALIAONLINE  IOL.MI 
    Saving shareholders' meeting (1200 GMT).
    
    VISIBILIA EDITORE  VE.MI 
    Extraordinary shareholders' meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    IPO - SIA
    Italian payment services group is considering an initial
public offering which could value the company at 3.5 billion
euros ($4 billion), Chief Executive Nicola Cordone said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20F6T6
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Senate holds question time with Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte (1400 GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a book
presentation (1600 GMT).
    Rome, market regulator Consob newly elected Presidente Paolo
Savona speaks before Senate Finance Committee on measures for
supporting Banca Carige  CRGI.MI  (shares currently suspended
from trading) (2000 GMT).
    Rome, conference to launch "TES, solidarity-friendly
ecological transition" with Terna  TRN.MI  Chairwoman Catia
Bastioli (1400 GMT).
    Milan, Chamber of Commerce holds presentation of 7th report
on performance of top 100 Italian utilities with Utilitalia and
A2A  A2.MI  Chairman Giovanni Valotti (0900 GMT).
    Brescia, Gefran  GFRN.MI  CEO Alberto Bartoli attends news
conference on business finance (0900 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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))