Italy - Factors to watch on March 22

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

22/03/2024 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 .
    
    
    DEBT
    The Treasury said on Thursday it would offer 8.5 billion
euros in 6- and 12-month BOT bills at auction on March 26.
    Treasury to sell 2.5-2.75 billion euros 3.20% BTP Short
bonds due Jan. 28, 2026. Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.
    Treasury to announce sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on March 27.
        
    COMPANIES
    ENI  ENI.MI 
    The energy company said on Thursday it had received
Britain's authorisation to build and manage a pipeline to
transport captured CO2 as part of the HyNet cluster. 
        
    ENEL  ENEI.MI 
    Italy's biggest utility said on Thursday its core profit
rose 12% last year, beating analysts expectations thanks to
higher contribution from its renewable energy business.
    Ordinary earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortisation (EBITDA) came in at 22 billion euros in 2023
compared with an estimate of 21.8 billion euros coming from
analysts pooled by LSEG.
    
    BANCO BPM  BAMI.MI 
    Fitch Ratings agency said on Thursday it had upgraded the
bank's senior and senior non-preferred debt ratings by one
notch.
    
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI  and UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    To release FY results (preliminary FY results released on
Feb. 16).
    
    DIARY
    Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends European Council
meeting in Brussels.
    Rome, conference "The Cooperative Compliance: a new
relationship between enterprises and taxation" (0830 GMT);
expected attendees include Economy Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo,
Fincantieri  FCT.MI  CFO Giuseppe Dado.
    Rome, business lobby Confindustria holds conference "From
emergency to water-efficiency"; expected attendees include Acea
 ACE.MI  CEO Fabrizio Palermo, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso
(1030 GMT); Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida (1340
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/