Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 31

Technical Publications Service SpA

31/01/2019 05:00

MILANO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - 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 .
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases December unemployment data (0900 GMT);
preliminary Q4 GDP data (1000 GMT); Q4 wage inflation data (1100
GMT).
    Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the economy
probably contracted at the end of last year for the second
straight quarter, due mainly to external factors, pointing to a
possible "technical recession" for the country.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1XV003
    Reuters releases January asset allocation poll (1200 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    A major shareholder of UniCredit rowed back on comments by
its chairman that the CEO Italy's biggest bank by assets was
looking at international mergers.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ZU3AH
    
    MONTE DEI PASCHI  BMPS.MI 
    The bailed-out lender has picked an adviser for the sale of
500 million euros in properties agreed with EU authorities under
its restructuring plan to 2021, a source familiar with the
matter said.
    
    BANKS
    Unlisted Italian mutual bank Popolare di Bari said on
Wednesday it planned to boost its capital ratios by mid-2019.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1ZG03F
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Autostrade per l'Italia named Giulinao Mari as new chariman
and Roberto Tomasi as new CEO. Both were candidates proposed by
the motorway operator parent company Atlantia.    
     
    LUXOTTICA  LUX.MI   ESLX.PA 
    The eyewear-maker said cumulated adjusted operating income
was 5.7 billion euros in 2015-2018, based on management's
estimate for last year. Cumulated revenues over the same period
were 36 billion euros, Luxottica added.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1ZG03H   
    
    SAFILO  SFLG.MI  
    Italian eyewear-maker missed its full-year sales target for
2018 despite an upturn in fourth quarter revenues but sees core
profit at the higher end of its range.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1ZU75U
    
    FERRARI NV  RACE.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call
(1430 GMT).
    
    EMAK  EM.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
    
    TPS  TPSG.MI 
    Ordinary shareholders' meeting (0900 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    Naples, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico attends
conference on "Nature and wellness in the contemporary public
spaces project" (1000 GMT).
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee meets on urgent
measures for supporting Banca Carige  CRGI.MI .
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Labor Committee meets on changes
to the legislative decree on INPS and INAIL institutes (0830
GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gives speech at
Cattolica University inauguration ceremony of the new academic
year (1000 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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))