Italy - Factors to watch on Feb. 16

Vincenzo Zucchi SpA

16/02/2018 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 . 
     
    COMPANIES 
    ENI  ENI.MI  
    Releases preliminary FY results (0600 GMT), followed by 
conference call (1100 GMT). 
     A Nigerian court has set a hearing over a disputed 2011 
oilfield deal for June 18, the country's financial crimes 
watchdog said on Thursday, part of a string of international 
corruption probes into the purchase. The case relates to a 
purchase of the offshore OPL 245 oilfield in Nigeria by oil 
majors Royal Dutch Shell  RDSa.L  and Eni in 2011.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q57I4 
     
    TELECOM ITALIA  TLIT.MI  
    Italy's Antitrust authority said on Thursday it was 
investigating Italy's TIM, Vodafone, Fastweb and Wind Tre on 
suspicion of operating anti-competitive billing practices. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q56ZJ 
    The phone group said it had always complied with existing 
regulation and that it categorically ruled out any coordination 
of its commercial strategy with other operators with regards to 
billing rules.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1PR01H 
    TIM's top investor Vivendi  VIV.PA  on Thursday said it 
supported TIM's management under the leadership of CEO Amos 
Genish and that it is having "positive" discussions with Italy's 
government over the use of the so-called "golden powers" on TIM. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nP6N1LS04E 
     
    MEDIASET  MS.MI  
    Vivendi's CEO said on Thursday the group still hopes to find 
an agreement with the Italian broadcaster.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nP6N1LS04E  
     
    EXOR  EXOR.MI  
    The group said on Thursday it privately placed a 200 mln 
euro non-convertible bond to refinance its short-term debt. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q57LT 
         
    BB BIOTECH  BIO.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on Jan. 
19). 
     
    ZUCCHI  ZUCI.MI  
    Saving shareholders' meeting (1400 GMT). 
     
    ALITALIA  CAITLA.UL  
    Transport Minister Delrio said on Thursday there weren't the 
conditions to sell the airline "in this moment" and that the 
government would continue to work in that direction. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Q57C1 
     
     
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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/  
 
 
Keywords: ITALY FACTORS/FEB. 16