Italy - Factors to watch on April 17

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17/04/2019 05:00

MILAN, April 17 (Reuters) - 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 .
    
    POLITICS
    The Italian government's privatisation plan may be difficult
to implement, the Italian parliament's budget watchdog (UPB)
said on Tuesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N21K05C.
    
    Italy's deficit would raise to 3.4 percent of gross domestic
product in 2020 and to 3.3. percent in 2021 if the government
does not increase the sales tax and cannot find alternative
measures to boost public finances, a Bank of Italy official said
on Tuesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N21S06B.    
       
    ECONOMY
    The Italian economy may have returned to growth in the first
quarter of this year but many indicators remain weak, a Bank of
Italy official said on Tuesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N21K057.
    
    ISTAT releases March CPI and HICP final data (0800 GMT) and
February foreign trade data (0900 GMT).
    
    
    COMPANIES
    
    
    BANCO BPM  BAMI.MI 
    The bank has accepted a binding offer from Illimity
 ILTY.MI  for a sale of a bad loan portfolio worth a nominal
value of 650 million euros, Banco Bpm said on Tuesday. The deal
is expected to close in mid-2020 and will bring Banco Bpm's
gross NPE ratio to pro-forma 10.3 percent from 10.8 percent
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N21Y5SR.
    
    MONCLER  MONC.MI 
    First quarter results were good, in line with expectations,
CEO Remo Ruffini said on Tuesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N21K054. 
       
    NEXI  NEXII.MI 
    Shares in the Italian payments group fell 6.2 percent on
their debut on the Milan stock exchange, taking the shine off
Europe's biggest initial public offering so far this year. 
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    The chairman of the infrastructure group said on Tuesday
that the company is not in talks with railways group Ferrovie
dello Stato over a possible involvement in the rescue of
flagship carrier Alitalia  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N21S06G.

    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI 
    Board meeting to restate the company's 2018 results in light
of the latest setback facing its WesternLink submarine
connection and damage claims following an anti-competition
probe.
    
    TOSCANA AEROPORTI  TYA.MI 
    The Italian Ministry of Infrastructure signed a decree for
the approval of a plan that envisages the construction of a new
runway and a new terminal at Florence airport, the company said
on Tuesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0RX.
    
    SAIPEM  SPMI.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results (statement on April 18).
    
    Annual general meetings: ACEA  ACE.MI  (0800 GMT), AMPLIFON
 AMPF.MI  (0800 GMT), BPER BANCA  EMII.MI  (0700 GMT, followed
by news conference with CEO Alessandro Vandelli), CEMENTIR
 CEMI.MI  (0900 GMT), COVIVIO  CVO.MI , DOBANK  DOB.MI  (0800
GMT), ERG  ERG.MI  (0830 GMT), FNM  FNMI.MI  (1000 GMT), FOPE
 FOPE.MI  (0830 GMT), IDEAMI  IDEAM.MI  (0930 GMT), NOTORIOUS
PICTURES  NPI.MI  (0630 GMT), OPENJOBMETIS  OJM.MI  (1230 GMT),
PIOVAN  PVNA.MI  (0830 GMT), VEI 1  VEI1.MI  (1300 GMT).
    
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings: UNIPOLSAI
 US.MI  (0830 GMT), ARNOLDO MONDADORI EDITORE  MOED.MI  (0900
GMT), COIMA RES  CRES.MI  (0700 GMT), EXPERT SYSTEM  EXSY.MI 
(0730 GMT), ITALMOBILIARE  ITMI.MI  (0830 GMT).
    
    Board meetings on FY results: OVS  OVS.MI , PLC  PLC.MI .
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini attends question time at Chamber of Deputies (1300 GMT).
    Rome, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria speaks before Budget
committees on Economic and Financial Document (0630 GMT).
    Rome, Economy Ministry Undersecretary Laura Castelli attends
conference organised by state auditor magistrates' association
(0700 GMT).
    Rome, conference on "EU-China Relations and the Future of
the International Order" with Industry Ministry Undersecretary
Michele Geraci (1300 GMT).
    Rome, conference on "GEOENVI: Tackling the Environmental
Concerns for Deploying Geothermal Energy in Europe" with
Industry Ministry Undersecretary MiSE Davide Crippa; Environment
Ministry Undersecretary Vannia Gava (0800 GMT).
    Rome, ISTAT holds conference to present "Report SDGs 2019"
with President Gian Carlo Blangiardo (0800 GMT).
    Milan, conference on "The Present and the Future of the
European Audiovisual Media Environment" with European Commission
official Roberto Viola, Italian Communication Authority
President Angelo Cardani (0900 GMT).
    Milan, Italian luxury goods companies association Altagamma
holds conference on "Consumer & Retail Insight 2019" with
Valentino CEO Stefano Sassi, Tod's  TOD.MI  Brand General
Manager Carlo Alberto Beretta, Herno Chairman Claudio Marenzi,
Tamburi Investment Partners  TIP.MI  Chairman and CEO Giovanni
Tamburi (0830 GMT).
    
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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;))