Italy - Factors to watch on March 24

Technogym

24/03/2021 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
    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 .
    
    COMPANIES
    
    BANKS 
    Italian banking lobby ABI said on Tuesday it had written to
the Treasury asking it to widen the GACS bad loan scheme which
is in the process of being extended to include "unlikely-to-pay"
(UTP) loans. According to a government source, Rome remains
opposed to this option.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2L26TF
    
    DIARY
    Milan Stock Exchange continues "Virtual STAR Conference -
Spring edition"; ends on March 25.
    
    PIRELLI & C  PIRC.MI 
    Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1400
GMT).
    
    POSTE ITALIANE  PST.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb.
16).
    
    TERNA  TRN.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call
(1500 GMT).
    
    HERA  HRA.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    TECHNOGYM  TGYM.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by conference call.
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results, press release on March 25.
    
    DIARY
    Minister for the South Mara Carfagna online listening
campaign "SUD - Restarting projects" ends (0830 GMT). Expected
attendees include mayors of metropolitan cities, UPI President
Michele De Pascale, Ministry for the South Undersecretary Dalila
Nesci, Cabinet Undersecretary Bruno Tabacci; Economy minister
Daniele Franco delivers closing address.
    Online event on "Reshape the world" with employers'
association Confindustria President Carlo Bonomi, with Banco BPM
 BAMI.MI  CEO Giuseppe Castagna, Leonardo  LDOF.MI  CEO
Alessandro Profumo, Italy's Space Agency President Giorgio
Saccoccia, Simest President Pasquale Salzano, Autostrade per
l'Italia CEO Roberto Tomasi; Industry Minister Giancarlo
Giorgetti (1530 GMT).
    Auto industry association ANFIA, Italian federation of car
dealers Federauto and foreign car makers' association UNRAE hold
online news conference on "Driving the ecological transition.
Revitalising the automotive industry for sustainable mobility"
with respective presidents Paolo Scudieri for ANFIA, Adolfo De
Stefani Cosentino for Federauto, Michele Crisci for UNRAE (1000
GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks ahead of the EU
Council to be held on March 25-26 before Senate (0800 GMT) and
Chamber of Deputies (1430 GMT).
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico receives
Transport Minister Enrico Giovannini (0900 GMT).
    Rome, Ambassador of China to Italy Li Junhua informally
speaks via videoconference before Chamber of Deputies Foreign
Affairs and Defence committees on the priorities of the Italian
G20 presidency (1330 GMT).
    Rome, Chamber of Deputies Budget Committee meets on proposed
National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
    
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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/