Italy - Factors to watch on March 19

Technical Publications Service SpA

19/03/2019 05:00

MILANO, March 19 (Reuters) - The following factors could
affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
    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 January foreign trade data (0900 GMT) and
quarterly note on Q4 employment (1000 GMT).
    State lender Cassa Depositi e Prestitti expected to hold
ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings.
    
    DEBT
    Italy's Treasury said it would offer up to 2 billion euros
($2.27 billion) of its March 1, 2030 BTP nominal bond in
exchange for five bonds maturing between 2020 and 2024 at an
exchange tender it will hold on March 20.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N20Z004
    
    
    COMPANIES
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Abertis Infraestructuras completed the successful placement
of a 3.070 billion euro bond with a demand over 5 times the
offer amount.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21510T

    CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.  CNHI.MI 
    The group announced the signing of a 4 billion euro
committed revolving credit facility.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASB01CY9
    
    POSTE ITALIANE  PST.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (also on updated 2019 business
plan) followed by news conference to present FY results and 2019
guidance with CEO Matteo Del Fante in Rome (1400 GMT).
    
(*) UBI BANCA  UBI.MI  
    The bank received only one slate of candidates for the
appointment of the board by the deadline set for the submission
and therefore decided to extend the deadline to March
21. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA76ZDzM
    
(*) TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    French telecoms operator Iliad  ILD.PA ,controlled by
billionaire Xavier Niel, said it expects to achieve break-even
in Italy at the EBITDA level with a market share of less than 10
percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21600F   
    
(*) FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI  
    The Peugeot family, one of the three leading shareholders of
French car maker PSA  PEUP.PA , would support a new acquisition
if an opportunity presented itself, the president of Peugeot
family holding company FFP told French daily Les Echos in an
interview. The paper reported that Fiat Chrysler is often
mentioned as a candidate for possible consolidation operations.
"With them, as with others, the planets could be aligned,"
Robert Peugeot said.
    
    INDUSTRIAL STARS OF ITALY 3  IN3.MI 
    Board meeting on H1 results.
    
    Board meetings on FY results: BANCA FINNAT  BFE.MI , BLUE
FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION  BBLUE.MI , DATALOGIC  DAL.MI , DIGITAL
VALUE  DGV.MI , FULLSIX  FUL.MI , GABETTI PROPERTY SOLUTIONS
 GABI.MI , GUALA CLOSURES  GCL.MI  followed by conference call,
INTERPUMP GROUP  ITPG.MI , INTRED  INTD.MI , ITALIAONLINE
 IOL.MI , IVS GROUP  IVS.MI , MAILUP  MAIL.MI , MONRIF
 EDII.MI , POLIGRAFICI EDITORIALE  POLI.MI , TPS  TPSG.MI .
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks before Senate
ahead of European Council meeting (1430 GMT).
    
    M&A, ALITALIA
    British budget airline easyJet  EZJ.L  pulled out of talks
to rescue Alitalia on Monday, leaving the Italian carrier's
future uncertain only two weeks before a deadline to save
it. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2153VE
    
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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)
 ((mailto:viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))