Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 17

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17/02/2020 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
    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
    Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte denied on Sunday he
was looking to put together a new coalition after relations with
the small Italia Viva party disintegrated. While the row between
Renzi and Conte seems unlikely to trigger a political crisis any
time soon, it underscores the difficulties the prime minister
has in keeping a stable coalition after his first government
made up of the 5-Star and the right-wing League party collapsed
in August.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AG0FA
    
    Italy said on Sunday it would evacuate citizens from a
coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in
the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 355 people from it were
found to be infected with the virus.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AG0AD
    
    COMPANIES
   
    CERVED  CERV.MI 
    Intrum, Europe's biggest debt recovery firm, has entered
into exclusive negotiations to buy the bad loan arm of Italy's
Cerved, a statement from Cerved said on Sunday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AG07L
        
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    The head of publisher Bertelsmann said its TV arm RTL should
be allowed to merge with German rival ProSiebenSat.1, to give
them a fighting chance against U.S. streaming giants. ProSieben
has become the focus of takeover speculation after Italy's
Mediaset amassed a 15.1% stake in the Munich-based broadcaster
towards the end of last year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AG0CQ
    
    GAMENET  GAME.MI  
    Gamma Bidco - a vehicle owned by U.S. fund Apollo Global
Management - owns 96.58% of the Italian gaming company after a
tender offer.
    
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI 
    Board meeting to approve a business plan to 2022; followed
by presentation to the press (1130 GMT) and to analysts (1300
GMT)
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies starts examination of
'Milleproroghe' law decree; expected to be approve with vote of
confidence during this week.
    Rome, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte holds meetings
with key ministers over the government 2023 agenda 
    
    
    
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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/