Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 21

Salcef SpA

21/10/2021 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 upper house Senate on Wednesday asked the government
to dissolve the Forza Nuova neofascist party, which this month
took part in violent protests against the introduction of
mandatory COVID-19 health passes for workers.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RG4UL
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases August industry sales data (0800 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of BTP Short and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Oct. 26.
    
    COMPANIES   
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI , MONTE DEI PASCHI  BMPS.MI 
    Italy will extend by six months to mid-2022 tax breaks for
corporate mergers which it introduced to entice a buyer for
state-owned bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), a Treasury
official told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2M902C
    
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    Rating Agency Fitch on Wednesday affirmed UniCredit's 'BBB-'
Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR), the 'F3' short-term
rating and the 'bbb-' viability rating (standalone rating).
The outlook has been affirmed at 'stable'.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFIT1CndpS
    
    IPO
    Italy's beauty products manufacturer Intercos said on
Wednesday the indicative price range for its initial public
offering (IPO) was set at between 12 and 14 euros per share,
valuing the company at up to 1.39 billion euros ($1.62 billion).
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RG5SU
    
    GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio bought more
Generali shares, rising his stake in the insurance to 5.53%.
Total shares held by Del Vecchio, real estate entrepreneur
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and banking foundation Fondazione
Crt have increased to 13.32%, according to a filing published by
Italy's market watchdog. 
    
    FINECOBANK  FBK.MI 
    Ordinary shareholders' meeting to approve dividend
distribution (0730 GMT).
    
    BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI 
    Board meeting on Q3 results (revenues), followed by
conference call (1600 GMT).
    
    ASKOLL  EVAS.MI 
    Ends capital increase.
    
    DANIELI  DANI.MI 
    Presents FY results online (1500 GMT).
    
    INTERMONTE PARTNERS SIM  INTM.MI 
    Debuts on AIM segment.
    
    SALCEF  SCFG.MI 
    Shares start trading on STAR segment.
    
    DIARY
    Foundations and saving banks association ACRI holds '97th
World Savings Day' on "Private savings and European resources to
relaunch the Country" with Economy Minister Daniele Franco, Bank
of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco, ACRI President Francesco
Profumo, banking association ABI President Antonio Patuelli
(0820 GMT).
    Online green talk "ESG: green investing for economic growth
and the planet" with Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, Bank
of Italy representative Magda Bianco, Mastercard  MA.N  Italian
Country Manager Michele Centemero, Sisal CEO Francesco Durante,
Borsa Italiana CEO Raffaele Jerusalmi, Deutsche Bank  DBKGn.DE 
Italian unit CEO Roberto Parazzini (0800 GMT).
    Rome, conference on "Sustainable infrastructure: a common
asset. PNRR and new social, ecological and economic paradigms
for the relaunch of Italy" with Infrastructure Minister Enrico
Giovannini, Treasury Director General Alessandro Rivera, WeBuild
 WBD.MI  CEO Pietro Salini, Poste Italiane  PST.MI  CEO Matteo
Del Fante, state railways Ferrovie dello Stato CEO Luigi
Ferraris (0730 GMT).
    Rome, Innovation Minister Vittorio Colao speaks before
Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic
(COPASIR) on the aerospace domain as a new frontier of
geopolitical competition (1000 GMT).
    Milan, DD Talks holds "NPL Days Italia" (0730 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/