The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot
vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
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IT/DIA .
POLITICS
Italy's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on
Thursday to demand the immediate release of reporter Cecilia
Sala, who was seized in Tehran on Dec. 19 while working under a
regular journalistic visa.
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ECONOMY
ISTAT releases Q3 Deficit/GDP ratio data (0900 GMT).
Italy posted a state sector budget surplus of around 8
billion euros ($8.2 billion) in December compared to a shortfall
of 407 million euros in the same month of 2023, the Treasury
said on Thursday.
The aggregate budget deficit for the whole of 2024 came in
at 124.9 billion euros.
COMPANIES
Bourse After Hours market closed.
STELLANTIS STLAM.MI
Car sales in Italy fell 4.93% year-on-year in December,
Transport Ministry data said. Stellantis had a 23.25% share of
the Italian car market in December, down from 24.86% in
November, according to a Reuters calculation.
UBALDI COSTRUZIONI UBA.MI
Construction sector company Ubaldi Costruzioni debuts on
Euronext Growth Milan.
DIARY
Turin, trade union FIM-CISL holds news conference to present
Q4 and 2024 report on production and employment in the Italian
plants of the Stellantis group (1000 GMT).
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.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/