Italy - Factors to watch on April 24

Pirelli & C.

24/04/2026 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.

POLITICS

Italy's deal to send migrants to Albania while their asylum claims are processed is compatible in principle with EU rules, an adviser to the bloc's top court said on Thursday, offering a lifeline to a policy repeatedly challenged in the courts.

ECONOMY

Italy estimates revenue from state asset disposals through 2028 worth around 0.8% of national output, or almost 19 billion euros ($22.21 billion), a government document showed on Thursday

DEBT

Greece will no longer be the euro zone's most indebted country by the end of this year, with its public debt set to fall below Italy's, according to sources and data from Italy's new budget plan.

The Italian Treasury said on Thursday it would sell 4.5 billion euros of BOT bills at an auction on April 28.

Treasury sells BTP Short and BTPei bonds. Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.

Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on April 29.

COMPANIES

(*) BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI (MPS) BMPS.MI

The Tuscan bank said on Friday it was not studying a sale of its stake in insurer Generali GASI.MI and was fully focused on merging recently acquired peer Mediobanca MDBI.MI into the group.

The Financial Times reported on Friday that reinstated Monte dei Paschi CEO Luigi Lovaglio was considering such an option.

The bank appointed on Thursday Lovaglio as CEO and general manager and elected Cesare Bisoni as chair of the board.

(*) STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

The carmaker will focus the majority of its investment on its core Jeep, Ram, Peugeot and Fiat brands under CEO Antonio Filosa's strategic plan due to be announced in May, five sources said, with a "material increase" to their funding.

(*) ENI ENI.MI

The Italian energy group on Friday increased its share buyback by around 90% to 2.8 billion euros ($3.27 billion) and improved its 2026 guidance on cash flow from operations.

Conference call (14,00).

(*) SAIPEM SPMI.MI

Alphavalue raised on Friday its rating on the stock to 'add' from 'reduce'.

PIRELLI PIRC.MI

The Italian tyre maker said on Thursday it would hold a June 25 shareholder meeting on the renewal of its board.

DIARY

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends informal summit of EU heads of state and government in Nicosia.

SCOPE rating agency scheduled review of sovereign debt rating on Italy.

((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))

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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

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 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/