Italy - Factors to watch on October 27

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

27/10/2025 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.

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.

DEBT

Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on October 30.

The Treasury said on Friday it would sell 4 billion euros on BOT bills at an October 29 auction.

Italian small savers showed healthy appetite for a retail bond offered by the Treasury last week, boosting Rome's efforts to manage its huge debt pile. The Treasury raised 16.6 billion euros from a seven-year "BTP Valore" bond, Bourse data showed.

COMPANIES

WEBUILD WBD.MI

Italy's Court of Auditors will hold a hearing on October 29, to assess the government's decision to build a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland, the Messina Strait Company said on Friday.

Pietro Ciucci, CEO of the company leading a 13.5-billion-euro international consortium project, said he was confident about the hearing's positive outcome.

(*) Meloni's 13.5 billion euros bridge to Sicily hit resistance from auditors court, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

UNICREDIT CRDI.MI

The EU Commissioner for Financial Services, asked on Friday about German resistance to UniCredit's attempts to take over Commerzbank CBKG.DE, lamented obstacles to the creation of larger European banks.

BPER BANCA EMII.MI

Asked if the derivatives position the bank took on 9.99% of its own capital is a defensive move against UniCredit, BPER CEO Gianni Franco Papa told Sunday's Corriere della Sera the transaction sent "a strong signal of the confidence we have in the future prospects of our group.".

MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI

As the Tuscan bank's board comes up for renewal in April, shareholder Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone would like to replace CEO Luigi Lovaglio while leading investor Delfin and Italy's Treasury favour reappointing him, daily la Repubblica reported on Sunday.

LEONARDO LDOF.MI

Driven to the brink by Elon Musk's SpaceX, Europe's biggest satellite firms, including Italy's Leonardo, are setting aside longtime rivalries in a do-or-die $7 billion merger that some insiders are already calling Project FOMO.

STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Saturday said it has opened a probe into about 232,209 Chrysler 2020 model year Jeep Gladiator and Wrangler vehicles sold in the U.S. over concerns that a malfunction of the instrument panel cluster (IPC) could result in loss of vehicle information.

FERRARI RACE.MI

The Italian sports car maker is tapping into crypto markets and tech-rich youngsters with a planned new digital token that its wealthiest fans will be able to use in an auction for a Ferrari 499P, the endurance car that won three straight Le Mans titles.

TERNA TRN.MI

The Italian power grid operator said on Friday it did not want to comment rumours when asked about a report by Bloomberg newswire hinting at a potential sale of a stake in the country's high-voltage network, adding it "constantly analyses the financial instruments available for the development and maintenance of the ... grid".

Milano Finanza on Saturday quoted sources as saying Terna was sounding out funds potentially interested in the investment based in the United States and the Far East where its managers have recently travelled.

(*) JUVENTUS JUVE.MI, LAZIO LAZI.MI

Juventus lost 1-0 at Lazio in Serie A on Sunday.

CUBE LABS CUBE.MI

Capital increase starts, ends on November 13.

DIARY

Rome, event "Listed Real Estate: a driver for the economy and markets" (1600 GMT) with Borsa Italian CEO Fabrizio Testa, market regulator CONSOB President Paolo Savona, Deputy Economy Minister Maurizio Leo.

Milan, Poste Italiane PST.MI holds event to mark the 10th anniversary of its bourse listing (0800 GMT).

Milan, event "Huawei Italy Digital Talent Forum 2025 - Innovation, digital skills and new generations in the Lombardy region" with Huawei Italian CEO Walter Wang and Chairman Luigi De Vecchis.

((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))

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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/