Italy - Factors to watch on March 13
13/03/2015 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 (*).
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IT/DIA .
POLITICS
Milan, ISPI holds annual conference on "Eurozone Our Of
Danger: How to Get Out from the Endless Financial Crisis";
Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan attends (1700 GMT).
Cernobbio (Como), The European House Ambrosetti starts
financial markets workshop on "The Outlook for the Economy and
Finance"; ends on March 14.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi unveiled long-delayed education
reforms on Thursday that he said would raise the quality of
sub-standard schools which are often blamed for Italy's weak
economic performance. ID:nL5N0WE5NO
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases February final CPI and HICP data (0900 GMT).
Bank of Italy releases January data on public finance, state
borrowing and debt.
DEBT
A sharp rally in lower-rated euro zone bonds moved into its
fourth day on Thursday, with central banks forging ahead with QE
purchases and investors hoovering up a trio of new debt
sales. ID:nL5N0WE4UQ
COMPANIES
ENI ENI.MI
Releases FY results and holds strategy presentation (1430
GMT).
TOD'S TOD.MI
The luxury group reported an 18 percent fall in core profits
on Thursday and said still weak Chinese consumer spending and
cold weather in North America had also hit sales at the start of
2015. ID:nL5N0WE5GV
ENEL GREEN POWER EGPW.MI
Enel Green Power expects to complete the sale of a minority
stake in a portfolio of renewable energy assets in North America
by the end of this month, according to slides shown by the
company in presenting its full-year results on
Thursday. ID:nL5N0WE5DT
Italy's biggest renewable energy company said its net profit
in 2014 fell 32 percent to 359 million euros ($381 million),
impacted by an impairment on its Greek assets. ID:nI6N0VX02P
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO SFER.MI
The Italian luxury group sees as reasonable a market
consensus estimate for a 10 percent rise in 2015 sales including
the impact of currencies, Chief Financial Officer Ernesto Greco
told an analyst call on Thursday. ID:nI6N0N3013
The company reported a bigger-than-expected 13 percent rise
in core profit last year and said the first few months of 2015
supported expectations of further growth this
year. ID:nI6N0VX02O
AUTOGRILL AGL.MI
The Italian airport and motorway caterer said on Thursday it
had signed a new loan agreement for 600 million euros ($636
million) to repay revolving credit facilities maturing in 2016
and to finance other group activities. ID:nI6N0W8004
The company is always looking for acquisitions, but does not
expect anything to happen anytime soon, Chief Executive
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos said on Thursday.
MONDADORI MOED.MI , RCS MEDIAGROUP RCSM.MI
Mondadori CEO Ernesto Mauri said the company's offer for RCS
MediaGroup's book unit could be financed through debt if it is
in the 120-150 million euros range. He later clarified that he
gave the offer range only in reference to media
reports. ID:nI6N0W8001
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES FCHA.MI
The company is open to a combination with General Motors or
Ford and a deal with one of its U.S. counterparts would be
"technically feasible", CEO Sergio Marchionne told Bloomberg in
an interview. He added that there were no substantive talks
between FCA and any of the two companies.
EXOR EXOR.MI
Real estate group Cushman & Wakefield, in which Exor holds
an 80.91 percent stake, reported a 33.3 percent rise in 2014
adjusted net profit to $61.6 million, Exor said in a statement
on Thursday.
UNIPOL UNPI.MI
Ends bond swap offer (started on March 9).
ACOTEL ACO.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
BANCA ETRURIA PEL.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 11).
B&C SPEAKERS 37B.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
CAIRO COMMUNICATION CAI.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
CALTAGIRONE CALI.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
CERVED CERV.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 10),
followed by conference call.
CREDITO EMILIANO EMBI.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 11).
EL.EN. ELEN.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
EMAK EM.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Jan. 30).
ENGINEERING ENG.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
EUROTECH E5T.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
FIDIA FDA.MI
Board meetings on FY results (1400 GMT).
FIERA MILANO FIMI.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
FINCANTIERI FCT.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 27),
followed by conference call.
GIORGIO FEDON FDOP.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
IMA IMAI.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 16).
IRCE IRC.MI
Board meetings on FY results (1300 GMT).
IREN IREE.MI
Board meetings on FY results, followed by conference call.
IT WAY ITWY.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
LA DORIA LDO.MI
Board meetings on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 24).
LANDI RENZO LR.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
PANARIAGROUP PAGR.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
POLIGRAFICA SAN FAUSTINO PSF.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
RATTI RATI.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
REPLY REY.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
RISANAMENTO RN.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
SAT SATGG.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
STEFANEL STEP.MI
Board meetings on FY results.
ZIGNAGO VETRO ZV.MI
Board meetings on FY results (0930 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 F