Italy - Factors to watch on March 16

Technical Publications Service SpA

16/03/2018 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 .
    
    
    ECONOMY
    Rating agencies Fitch and Moody's reviews sovereign debt
rating on Italy.
    ISTAT releases February final CPI and HICP data (0900 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Italy's biggest oil and gas group unveils its new 2018-2021
business plan, holding a presentation in London (1100 GMT)
followed by a conference call with analysts (1330 GMT)
    
    SALINI IMPREGILO  SALI.MI 
    Italian contractor Salini Impregilo cut its revenue targets
through 2019 on Thursday to take into account currency effects,
which together with a writedown of its Venezuela operations
pushed it into the red last year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QX6FU 
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Activist investor Elliott proposed to oust the French
chairman of Telecom Italia (TIM) and install leaders of Italy's
corporate establishment on the board as part of an intensifying
campaign to force a shakeup at the former state phone
monopoly. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QX48F
    Elliott Advisors has chosen some unusual allies for its
Telecom Italia battle. The hedge fund run by Paul Singer wants
to oust the telecom group’s chairman and other directors backed
by top shareholder Vivendi at the annual meeting in April.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QX5SR
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    An agreement between Spain's ACS and Italy's Atlantia to
make a joint 18-billion-euro ($22.2 billion) bid for Abertis
will not lead to a break-up of the Spanish toll-road operator's
assets, ACS's chairman said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QX472
    
    AVIO  AVI.MI 
    The company reported a 28 percent jump in 2017 adjusted core
earnings, helped by higher sales and tax credits.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QX5SR
    
    MEDIASET  MS.MI 
    Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had approved
a deal awarding Spanish broker Mediapro the rights to broadcast
Serie A soccer matches in the 2018-2021 seasons. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N1QC00E
    
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    The company said it was voluntarily recalling 270,254
older-model trucks in the United States to reinforce a fuel-tank
bracket. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1QX0ZT
    
    LANDI RENZO  LR.MI  
    The  group, which makes gas components and systems for motor
vehicles, returned to profit in 2017, a year earlier than
planned, as revenues rose 12 percent to 206 million euros, and
said it would meet its 2018 goals.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1QX0ZK
    
    FILA  FILA.MI 
    Board meeting to call ordinary shareholders' meeting.
    
    ITALIAONLINE  IOL.MI 
    Conference call on FY results (1000 GMT).
    
    PRELIOS  PCRE.MI 
    Lavaredo's mandatory full takeover offer on Prelios shares
ends.
    
    TERNIENERGIA  TRNI.MI 
    Finalisation of the sale of some photovoltaic assets.
    
    BANCA FINNAT  BFE.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    EMAK  EM.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary FY results on Jan.
31).
    
    PANARIAGROUP  PAGR.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    RENO DE MEDICI  RDM.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    SNAITECH  SNAI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    TISCALI  TIS.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (1400 GMT).
    
    TPS-TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS SERVICE  TPSG.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
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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/