Italy - Factors to watch on April 29

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29/04/2019 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 .
    
    ECONOMY
    S&P said on Friday it had affirmed Italy 'Bbb/A-2' ratings
with Outlook Negative. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2280RK 
    Assogestioni releases March fund flows data.
       
    COMPANIES
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    The plan of U.S. fund manager BlackRock, via a specialised
fund, for Carige confirms what the troubled lender's three
commissioners presented end February -- voluntary redundancies
of 1,050 and a focus on retail and private banking with the
strengthening of its Cesare Ponti unit, La Repubblica said on
Saturday.    
    
    ESSILORLUXOTTICA  ESLX.PA 
    A board meeting on Friday failed to break the impasse over
governance at the Franco-Italian group, papers said on Saturday.
No deal was found on the arbitration issue and talks could be
delayed and updated in a later board meeting. Frank Gentin was
appointed as mediator between the French and Italian board
members over the arbitration, several papers said, adding key
Italian shareholder Delfin was in favour of this.
        
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    Fiat Chrysler is tapping two executives to replace its
longtime powertrain chief, Bloomberg reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2284RF
    
    ITALGAS  IG.MI 
    Italgas said on Sunday it had signed an MoU with State Grid
Corporation of China to evaluate possible cooperation in the gas
distribution sector.
    
    CIR  CIRX.MI , COFIDE  COFI.MI , GEDI  GEDI.MI 
    CIR, the holding group of the De Benedetti family, will
merge with other family holding Cofide without the sale of any
assets such as Sogefi, KOS and the stake in editorial group
Gedi, the chairman of CIR and Cofide Rodolfo De Benedetti said
in an interview in Il Sole 24 Ore on Saturday. He said he was
happy with relations with Agnelli holding Exor in Gedi.
    
    ALITALIA, ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    The Italian government denied media speculation on Friday it
had sought to tempt infrastructure group Toto Holding to invest
in loss-making airline, dampening hopes that the flag carrier
could soon be rescued.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2286QQ
    The deadline for bids to take part in a plan to rescue
Italian flagship carrier Alitalia is next Tuesday, Italy's
Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday. He said the
government had received no formal bids for Alitalia from
Atlantia, Toto Holding or any other groups.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22A0JZ
    A delay to the 30 April deadline is on the cards, several
papers said over the weekend, perhaps even till after EU
elections. On Sunday Il Messaggero said state railways on Monday
will say the consortium for its bid is not complete, forcing a
delay.
    Sunday's Il Sole 24 Ore said Alitalia's commissioners were
against any further delay, except for 7-10 days to work out
details, and were ready to step down. 
    
    GUALA CLOSURES  GCL.MI 
    The company aims to expand in countries where it is not
directly present, especially the Far East, Il Sole 24 Ore said
on Sunday.
    
    Bourse After Hours market closed.
    
    GEQUITY  GEQ.MI 
    Ordinary shareholders' meeting (1000 GMT).
    
    SERVIZI ITALIA  SERIT.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    SORGENIA
    News conference to present new advertising campaign and
future initiatives with CEO Gianfilippo Mancini, Chairman 
Chicco Testa (0930 GMT).
    
    VETRYA  VTY.MI 
    warrant holders' meeting (1300 GMT) and annual and
extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1400 GMT).
    
    Annual general meetings: AEROPORTO DI BOLOGNA  ADB.MI  (0900
GMT), AVIO  AVI.MI  (0900 GMT), B&C SPEAKERS  37B.MI  (0900
GMT), BIESSE  BSS.MI  (0700 GMT), BIODUE  BIO2.MI  (1400 GMT),
BOMI ITALIA  BOMI.MI  (1300 GMT), BRIOSCHI SVILUPPO IMMOBILIARE
 BRUI.MI  (0900 GMT), BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI  (0800 GMT),
COMER INDUSTRIES  COME.MI  (1000 GMT), COMPAGNIA IMMOBILIARE
AZIONARIA  CIAZ.MI  (0800 GMT), COVER 50  COV.MI  (0930 GMT),
DIGITAL VALUE  DGV.MI  (0900 GMT), EXPRIVIA  XPR.MI  (0900 GMT),
FIDIA  FDA.MI  (1430 GMT), FINLOGIC  FNL.MI  (0730 GMT), GRIFAL
 GRALA.MI  (1300 GMT), GRUPPO MUTUIONLINE  MOL.MI  (0630 GMT),
LANDI RENZO  LR.MI  (0700 GMT), LEONE FILM GROUP  LFG.MI  (1500
GMT), LU-VE  LUVE.MI  (0800 GMT), MAIRE TECNIMONT  MTCM.MI 
(0830 GMT), MASI AGRICOLA  MASIA.MI  (0900 GMT), MITTEL
 MTTI.MI  (0900 GMT), NEOSPERIENCE  NSP.MI  (1500 GMT),
PORTOBELLO  PORTO.MI  (0830 GMT), SAFE BAG  SBG.MI  (1330 GMT),
SG COMPANY  SGCO.MI  (1300 GMT), SOFTEC  YSFT.MI  (0900 GMT),
SOSTRAVEL.COM  SOTR.MI  (1230 GMT), TAS GROUP  TAS.MI  (0900
GMT), TELESIA  TLSA.MI  (1030 GMT), TOSCANA AEROPORTI  TYA.MI 
(0900 GMT), TRIBOO  TB.MI  (0800 GMT).
    Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings: CIR
 CIRX.MI  (0900 GMT), COFIDE  COFI.MI  (1400 GMT), FRENDY ENERGY
 FDE.MI  (1330 GMT), FULLSIX  FUL.MI  (1330 GMT), PANARIAGROUP
 PAGR.MI  (0800 GMT), RENO DE MEDICI  RDM.MI  (0800 GMT),
TAMBURI INVESTMENT PARTNERS  TIP.MI  (1530 GMT), VALSOIA
 VALS.MI  (1000 GMT).
    Board meetings on Q1 results: CIR  CIRX.MI  (0730 GMT),
COFIDE  COFI.MI  (1230 GMT), LU-VE  LUVE.MI , RENO DE MEDICI
 RDM.MI .
    Trade ex-dividend: BANCA IFIS  IF.MI  of 1.05 euro per
share; BANCA PROFILO  PRO.MI  of 0.003 euro per share;
ESAUTOMOTION  ESAU.MI  of 0,025 euro per share as interim 2018
dividend; SAES GETTERS  SAEI.MI  of 0.70 euro per ordinary share
and of 0.855175 euro per saving share.
    
    DIARY
    Milan, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini chairs police event (1000 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)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))