Italy - Factors to watch on March 7

Vianini SpA

07/03/2019 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 .
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases January retail sales (0900 GMT).
    Bank of Italy releases February 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 March 12.
    
    COMPANIES
    
    CERVED  CERV.MI 
    Buyout fund Advent has made a bid approach for Cerved ahead
of a possible take-private deal for the credit data provider,
which has a long history of private equity ownership, Cerved
said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20T4DS
    
    SNAM  SRG.MI , ITALGAS  IG.MI , FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    Italian state lender Cdp proposes reappointment of CEOs at
Snam, Fincantieri and Italgas.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N20M039
      
    FIAT CHRYSLER  FCHA.MI 
    The White House is pressuring automakers to back its effort
to roll back Obama-era fuel economy standards and bar California
from setting its own emissions standards or requiring electric
vehicles, sources said Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N20T0TB
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that
the average fuel efficiency of cars and trucks hit a new record
high in the 2017 model year, but highlighted in a report
"legitimate concerns" about the industry's ability to meet
rising annual requirements. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N20T0W5
    
    BANCA CARIGE  CRGI.MI 
    Moody's has assigned a Baa3 long-term rating to the
government-guaranteed senior unsecured bond, issued on 25
January 2019 for a nominal amount of 1 billion euros with a 0.5
pct gross interest rate payable at maturity, with stable
outlook.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nMDY96Rxq4
    
    ERG  ERG.MI 
    Releases FY results (0700 GMT), followed by conference call
(1000 GMT).
    
    MAPS  MAPS.MI 
    Debuts on AIM segment.
    
    UBI BANCA  UBI.MI 
    Supervisory board meeting on FY results.
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    AZIMUT  AZMT.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    CEMENTIR  CEMI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb. 14)
followed by conference call.
    
    BANCA IFIS  IF.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Feb.
11).
    
    ALERION CLEAN POWER  ARN.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    CAREL INDUSTRIES  CRLI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results (press release on March 8).
    
    DEA CAPITAL  DEA.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    ELICA  ELC.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    FALCK RENEWABLES  AA4.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    IL SOLE 24 ORE  S24.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    TXT E-SOLUTIONS  TXTS.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    VIANINI  VINI.MI 
    Board meeting on FY results.
    
    DIARY
    Milan, European Commission Director General for Economic and
Financial Affairs Marco Buti delivers opening address at a
conference on "The Euro and the Europe of Rules" (1700 GMT).
    Rome, President Sergio Mattarella chairs High Council of
Defense; Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini attends (1600 GMT).
    Rome, OECD Development Assistance Committee representatives
speak before Chamber of Deputies foreign Affairs Committee (0800
GMT).
    Rome, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends various events.
    Rome, think-tank Nomisma presents results of the study to
support the economic and social redesign of the areas affected
by 2016 earthquakes, with Cabinet Undersecretary Vito Crimi
(0930 GMT).
    
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    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/ 

 (Reporting By Viviana Venturi)
 ((viviana.venturi@thomsonreuters.com;))