Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 9

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

09/02/2023 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
    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
    Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet Ukraine's
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday in Brussels on the
sidelines of a European Council meeting, a government source
told Reuters.
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases December data on Italian residents
deposits with domestic banks, banks lending to non-financial
companies and gross bad loans at Italian banks.
    DEBT
    Treasury announces sale of BTP bonds, with relative amounts
to be auctioned on Feb. 14.
    COMPANIES
    BPER  EMII.MI 
    Italy's fourth-largest bank said on Wednesday its dividend
for 2022 had doubled as rate hikes and lower loss provisions
helped its profit offsetting higher costs.
    BANCA MEDIOLANUM  BMED.MI 
    The bank raised its guidance on net interest income for 2023
after beating its forecasts for last year, helped by rate hikes
and also sees a "significant improvement" in net inflows, the
chief executive said on Wednesday.
    HERA  HRA.MI  
    The Italian regional utility plans to invest 4.1 billion
euros in the energy transition, circular economy and to
strengthen its grids under its business plan to 2026, the
company said on Wednesday.
    WEBUILD  WBD.MI 
    Italy's biggest construction group said on Wednesday it had
won in consortium a tender worth 934 million euros by Ferrovie
dello Stato Italiane to build a 13-kilometre train line in
Northern Italy. 
    MEDIOBANCA  MDBI.MI 
    Board meeting on H1 results, followed by news conference
(1330 GMT) and conference call (1430 GMT).
    BANCA GENERALI  BGN.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
    BUZZI UNICEM  BZU.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results.
    BANCA IFIS  IF.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results, followed by
conference call (1300 GMT).
    ASCOPIAVE  ASCI.MI 
    Board meeting to approve 2022-2026 strategic plan, followed
by presentation to analysts (1315 GMT) and news conference
online (1515 GMT).
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results (press release on
Feb. 10).
    UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results, press release on
Feb. 10.
    ILLIMITY BANK  ILTY.MI 
    Board meeting on preliminary FY results, press release on
Feb. 10.
    DIARY
    Brussels, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expected to
meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of
European Council extraordinary meeting. 
    Italy's credit export agency SACE presents 'Map of Risks
2023' "Stable fragility. Sustainable growth paths" online with
Chief Economist Alessandro Terzulli (1005 GMT); Societe Generale
 SOGN.PA  Chairman Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, SACE CEO Alessandra
Ricci (1105 GMT).
    Rome, President Sergio Mattarella and Economy Minister
Giancarlo Giorgetti attending inauguration ceremony of state
auditors judicial year (1000 GMT).
    Rome, Italy and United Kingdom hold Foreign and Defence
meeting with UK Foreign State Secretary James Cleverly, UK
Defence State Secretary Ben Wallace, Foreign Minister Antonio
Tajani, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto; followed by news
conference (1300 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/