Italy - Factors to watch on Aug. 5

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05/08/2022 05:00

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 (*).
    
    For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on
 IT/DIA .
    
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases June industrial output data (0800 GMT) and
bulletin on the state of the economy for July (0900 GMT).
    Bank of Italy releases July data on Target 2 liabilities and
European Central Bank funding to Italian banks.
    
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of 12-month BOT bills, with relative
amounts to be auctioned on Aug. 10.
    
    COMPANIES
    Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.
    
    PIRELLI  PIRC.MI 
    The tyremaker beat expectations and raised its forecast for
full-year revenues on Thursday after operating profit rose 21%
in the second quarter despite the negative impact of rising raw
material and production costs.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZG7PH
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI  
    The Italian infrastructure conglomerate on Thursday improved
its 2022 guidance after posting a 18% year-on-year rise in
revenue in the first half.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZF2YI
    
    STELLANTIS  STLA.MI 
    Credit rating firm Fitch on Thursday upgraded the carmaker's
rating to "BBB+" with stable outlook.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFIT3m1nm5   
    
    BPER  EMII.MI 
    Italy's fourth-largest bank picked a tandem made up of
credit manager Gardant and state-backed peer AMCO to discuss the
sale of its loan recovery business, as it reported a sharply
higher fist-half profit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZG7XO
    
    CREDEM  EMBI.MI 
    The bank said on Thursday its net profit rose 14.2% to 155.7
million euros in the first half of the year, while its operating
income came in at 243.1 million euros, up 15.4% compared with
210.6 million a year earlier.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2ZG5UH
    
    INTERCOS  ICOS.MI 
    The Italian cosmetics firm reported on Thursday a 10.4% hike
in first-half adjusted core earnings to 48.7 million euros,
thanks to higher sales and steady profitability at its two major
business units.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2ZG5UK

    BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA  BMPS.MI 
    Releases H1 results (0530 GMT), followed by conference call
(0700 GMT).
    
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI  and UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Release H1 results (before Bourse opening), followed by
conference call (1000 GMT).
    
    ILLIMITY BANK  ILTY.MI 
    Conference call on H1 results (0700 GMT).
    
    CREDITO EMILIANO  EMBI.MI 
    Conference call on H1 results (0830 GMT).
    
    BANCA POPOLARE DI SONDRIO  BPSI.MI 
    Board meeting on H1 results.
    
    PITECO  PITE.MI 
    Limbo Srl ends full voluntary takeover offer on Piteco
ordinary shares.
    
    ((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/