Italy - Factors to watch on April 19

Seri Industrial SpA

19/04/2018 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
    Rome, Senate Speaker Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati
continues with mandate from President Sergio Mattarella to    
create new government.
    The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on Wednesday
challenged the far-right League to split with its coalition
partners by the end of this week and form a government together,
as talks to end Italy's post-election deadlock floundered.
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    ECONOMY
    State auditor holds first hearing on legal procedure on
derivatives management against Economy and Finance Ministry
directors and Morgan Stanley in Rome (0800 GMT).
    Istat-Usci hold seminar with ISTAT President Giorgio Alleva
in Milan (0715 GMT).
    AIPB-Private Banking Italian Association holds news
conference with President Fabio Innocenzi at the end of annual
assembly in Milan (0945 GMT).
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of CTZ and BTPei bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on April 24.
    
    COMPANIES
    ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI  GASI.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholder's meeting (0700 GMT).
    Italy's biggest insurer Generali has agreed to sell its
Belgian operations to Bermuda-based Athora Holding for 540
million euros ($668.5 million) as part of its plans to shrink
its global business and shore up capital.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RV5Q2
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Italian oil major Eni has no plans to pull out of its joint
venture with Russia's Rosneft  ROSN.MM  despite escalating
sanctions against Russia, the head of Eni said on Wednesday.
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    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    A court in Milan will hold a hearing on Friday to discuss
Telecom Italia's (TIM) appeal against a decision by its
statutory auditors to add a motion proposed by activist fund
Elliott to its April 24 AGM agenda, two judicial sources said.
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    CEMENTIR  CEMI.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholder's meeting (0930 GMT).
    
    ITALGAS  IG.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholder's meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    LUXOTTICA  LUX.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholder's meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    BANCA IFIS  IF.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0730 GMT).
    
    BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    TOD'S  TOD.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    IREN  IREE.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    PIAGGIO  PIA.MI 
    Opening ceremony to inaugurate new 'Piaggio Museum' in
Pontedera (1000 GMT).
    
    DEA CAPITAL  DEA.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    DE LONGHI  DLG.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0645 GMT).
    
    DOBANK  DOB.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    FALCK RENEWABLES  AA4.MI 
    Annual general meeting (1300 GMT).
    
    GLENALTA  GLN.MI 
    Annual and extraordinary shareholder's meeting (0800 GMT).
    
    K.R. ENERGY  KAIT.MI 
    Annual general meeting.
    
    PARMALAT  PLT.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0830 GMT).
    
    SIAS-SOCIETA INVESTIMENTI AUTOSTRADALI E SERVIZI  SIS.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    TAMBURI INVESTMENT PARTNERS  TIP.MI 
    Annual general meeting (1500 GMT).
    
    TXT E-SOLUTIONS  TXTS.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0800 GMT) followed by presentation
(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   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/