Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 15

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15/01/2020 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 .    
        
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases November data on public finances,
state borrowing and debt.
    
    COMPANIES
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    Italy's biggest bank by assets said on Tuesday it had
appointed Aurelio Maccario, its former head of group regulatory
affairs, as chief lending officer.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N29J5PJ
    
    UBI  UBI.MI 
    The Italian retail bank signed a trade union agreement on
300 more voluntary redundancies, it said on Tuesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN29J18Q
    
    TXT E-SOLUTIONS  TXTS.MI 
    The company's shareholder Alvise Braga Illa has launched
placement of up to 9.23% stake via accelerated bookbuilding.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N29J5VF
    
    DIGITAL BROS  DIB.MI  
    The Italian video game developer signed an agreement with
the South Korean company Smilegate Holdings to enter the capital
of Swedish Starbreeze  STEZb.ST  through a call/put option
scheme related to the assets held by Smilegate in the Swedish
company, publisher of the video game Payday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA8MdkVz    
    
    DIARY
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks before COPASIR,
the Parliamentary Committee for State Security (0730 GMT).
    Rome, Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio speaks before
Senate (1030 GMT) and Chamber of Deputies (1530 GMT) on Iran,
Iraq and Libya.
    Rome, Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini speaks before Senate
Defence Committee on Italian military missions abroad,
expecially in Iraq (0800 GMT).
    Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri attends following events
during the day:
    * conference "Economy, labor and development" with
Emilia-Romagna region Governor Stefano Bonaccini (1000 GMT) in
Castel San Pietro Terme;
    * visits company Robopac (1200 GMT) in Castel San Pietro
Terme;
    * visits company Deco (1545 GMT) in Bagnacavallo;
    * visits Agrintesa (1630 GMT) in Bagnacavallo;
    * public meeting (1730 GMT) in Bagnacavallo.
    Rome, Treasury Department Director General Alessandro Rivera
delivers opening address at presentation of "2020 Numismatic
Collection", Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri attends (1500
GMT).
    Rome, CNEL-National Council for Economy and Labour presents
2019 report with Presidente Tiziano Treu, Public Administration
Minister Fabiana Dandone (0900 GMT).
    Rome, state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti CEO Fabrizio
Palermo attends a book presentation (1630 GMT).
    Milan, conference "Accountants, professionals facing the
challenges of the digital economy" (0830 GMT) ends. Expected
attendees include Labour Ministry Undersecretary Francesca
Puglisi, Bank of Italy representative Luca Criscuolo.
    Milan, S&P Global Ratings holds "2020 Italy Annual Press
Conference" (1000 GMT).
    Milan, Italy appeals court rules in Algeria corruption case
involving Saipem, Eni and former Eni managers.
    
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milan.newsroom@news.reuters.com))
    
    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/