Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 19

Tinexta SpA

19/01/2022 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 .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 228,179 COVID-19 related cases on Tuesday,
against 83,403 the day before, the health ministry said, while
the number of deaths rose to 434 from 287.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2RZ023
    
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases November data on foreign investors
holdings of Italian government bonds.
    
    COMPANIES
    
    STELLANTIS  STLA.MI 
    The European Commission's strategy to phase out combustion
engines in favour of electric vehicles is a political choice
that carries environmental and social risks, Stellantis CEO
Carlos Tavares said in an interview with European newspapers.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TY5E8
    
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI 
    Telecom Italia (TIM) General Manager Pietro Labriola on
Tuesday outlined to the company's directors his draft plan to
revamp the former phone monopoly, an alternative strategy to
weigh against a takeover approach by U.S. fund KKR.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2TY1SA
   
    
    ENI  ENI.MI , ENEL  ENEI.MI , SNAM  SRG.MI 
    Italy is working on a package of structural reforms to curb
soaring energy bills as high natural gas prices look set to last
longer than expected, Italy's energy transition minister said on
Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TY4PU
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Autostrade per l'Italia said on Tuesday it had placed bonds
worth 1 billion euros to fund investment and network maintenance
programmes, the development of the network digitalisation plan
and general corporate expenses. Demand from institutional
investors amounted to around 2.3 billion euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIAbPMp46
    
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI 
    The aerospace group said on Tuesday it had reached an
agreement with unions to furlough employees at its
Aerostructures division to compensate for a fall in orders for
commercial aircraft parts caused by the pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TY4NG
    
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    The bank said on Tuesday it would no longer provide basic
banking services to Asia Pacific units of its European clients
under plans to streamline its international presence and cut
costs.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2TY18P
    
    MONCLER  MONC.MI 
    Italian luxury down jacket maker Moncler said that key data
on its customers was safe following a cyber attack it suffered
last year, after some data was released on the dark web on
Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TY5I0
    
    MFE  MFEA.MI   MFEB.MI 
    Mediaset is considering bidding for the three TV channels in
France that were put on sale by TF1 and M6 as part of the
process to get the green light from the antitrust authority for
the integration between the two groups, a source close to the
situation said. Preliminary offers on the channels are expected
by the end of the month.
    
    TINEXTA  TNXT.MI 
    The digital services group bought 70% of Spain's Evalue
Innovation for 20.6 million euros, the company said on Tuesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2TY1BJ
    
    DIARY
    HSBC Global Asset Management holds conference to present
"Price of success - Investment Outlook 2022" (1000 GMT).
    Rome, Italia Trasporto Aereo Executive Chairman Alfredo
Altavilla and CEO Fabio Lazzerini speak before Chamber of
Deputies Transport Committee on industrial plan and company
outlook (0730 GMT). 
    Rome, Industry Ministry holds first meeting on energy
chaired by Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti via
videoconference (1400 GMT).
    Rome, Treasury expected to meet to define a further
extension, until June, to public guarantees on loans granted to
companies.
    Rome, banking association ABI holds Executive Committee
meeting (0900 GMT); Bank of Italy Vice Director General Paolo
Angelini attends.
        
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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/