Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 16

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

16/02/2024 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 .
    
    POLITICS
    Italian farmers descended on central Rome on Thursday to
call on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to offer more help to them
and block European Union policies they see as detrimental to
their industry.
    Leaders in the Group of Seven major democracies will hold a
video conference summit on Feb. 24 to mark the second
anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an Italian
government source said on Thursday.
    
    ECONOMY
    Italy's energy authority ARERA is awaiting clarity from the
European Union on whether a planned tariff to cover costs of gas
storage filling, potentially worth 4.8 billion euros ($5.16
billion), is in compliance with the single market rules, two
sources said on Thursday.    
    
    COMPANIES
    TELECOM ITALIA (TIM)  TLIT.MI  
    Vodafone, Fastweb, Iliad and Sky have written to the Italian
government to voice concerns about the risk that a planned
spin-off of the former phone monopoly's network assets
reinforces its dominant position in the fixed broadband market,
a document showed.
    
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI  
    The cablemaker has shifted around management in Brazil and
Latin America as it gears up local plants to boost supply to the
electricity sector and future offshore wind farms in the region,
the company told Reuters.
    
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI  
    The shipbuilder's Norwegian unit Vard on Thursday signed a
deal to build a hybrid power service operation vessel (SOV) for
Asian offshore wind vessel operator Cyan Renewables, with
delivery expected by the second quarter of 2026.
    
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI , UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Release preliminary FY results, followed by conference call
(1100 GMT).
    
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    Releases FY results, conference call on preliminary FY
results (1300 GMT).
    
    JUVENTUS  JUVE.MI 
    Board meeting on H1 results.
    
    DIARY
    Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends Munich Security
Conference, Germany (to Feb. 18).
    Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends IMF meeting in
Tirana.
    Fiesole, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel gives inaugural
speech at Economic and Monetary Union Laboratory (EMU Lab) at
European University Institute (EUI) (0845 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/ 


($1 = 0.9295 euros)