Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 14

Sanlorenzo SpA

14/01/2022 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 (*).
    
    For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on
 IT/DIA .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 184,615 COVID-19 related cases on Thursday,
against 196,224 the day before, the health ministry said, while
the number of deaths rose to 316 from 313.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2S300P    
    
    POLITICS
    Italy's centre-right bloc will support former Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi's bid to become the next president of the
Republic, rightist League party leader Matteo Salvini said on
Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TT2LB
    
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases November data on public finances,
state borrowing and debt.
    
    COMPANIES
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI , AUTOGRILL  AGL.MI  
    Alessandro Benetton, son of Benetton Group founder Luciano,
is set to become chairman of the family holding company Edizione
as part of a management revamp, the company said on Thursday.
    Edizione said it deemed strategic its investments in
Atlantia, Autogrill and Benetton Group, the unlisted clothing
retailer famous for its colourful sweaters which is now
struggling due to competitors such as Inditex's Zara.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TT4UB
    Edizione said it had slightly increased its Atlantia stake
to 33.1%.
       
    MEDIASET  MFEA.MI   MFEB.MI 
    Adverting sales at Italy's top commercial broadcaster rose
by 0.8% in November compared with a 3.2% fall in the TV sector,
Nielsen estimates showed on Thursday. 
        
    IVECO GROUP  IVG.MI 
    Fitch Ratings has assigned the company a final long-term
issuer default rating of "BBB-" with a stable outlook.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2TT0R4    
    
    SAN LORENZO  SNL.MI 
    The company said it will bring forward the issuance of its
2022 guidance on Feb. 3 after reporting an "extremely positive
backlog that shows acceleration in the fourth quarter of 2021".
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2TT0QZ
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Italy plans to cap the number of lots a broadband provider
or a consortium of operators can win in public tenders to expand
ultra-fast connectivity across the country, three sources close
to the matter told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TT57B
    
    UNIEURO  UNIR.MI 
    The company raised its full-year revenue guidance, with
sales now seen at more than 2.9 billion euros after increasing
14% in the first 9 months at 2.15 billion euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TT57L
           
    CERVED GROUP  CERV.MI 
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings to approve
merger with Castor Bidco SpA (1000 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    Milan, "Milano Moda Uomo 2022/2023 Fall/Winter" shows start;
end on Jan. 18.
    
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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/