Italy - Factors to watch on March 10

Vincenzo Zucchi SpA

10/03/2016 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 . 
     
    GENERAL 
    Calabria region, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends 
ceremony for Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway. 
     
    DEBT 
    Treasury sells 6.0 billion euros 12-month BOT bills. 
Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT. 
     
    COMPANIES 
    BANCO POPOLARE  BAPO.MI , BANCA POPOLARE DI MILANO  PMII.MI  
    Talks between Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano 
with the European Central Bank made scant progress on a planned 
merger to create Italy's third biggest bank, three sources close 
to the matter said.  L5N16H5PC  
     
    GENERALI  GASI.MI  
    Italy's biggest insurer is set to pick a new chief executive 
on Friday to replace Mario Greco who left the group earlier this 
year, two sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. 
    The insurer's Italy Country Head Philippe Donnet is front 
runner to take the job, the sources said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N16A00B 
     
    YOOX NET-A-PORTER  YNAP.MI  
    The Italian online fashion retailer forecast slightly slower 
revenue growth this year after strong sales helped it post a 26 
percent rise in pro-forma core profit last year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N16H4YW 
     
    AUTOGRILL  AGL.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results, followed by analysts meeting 
(1430 GMT). 
     
    MASSIMO ZANETTI BEVERAGE GROUP  MZB.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI  
    Ordinary board meeting. 
     
    IPO 
    Dea Capital said on Wednesday it had suspended plan to list 
Idea Real Estate unit for time being due to adverse market 
conditions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N16A00C 
     
    ZUCCHI  ZUCI.MI  
    Board meeting to approve 2015 H1 and Q3 results. 
     
    Board meeting on FY results:  
    AZIMUT  AZMT.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results. 
     
    BRUNELLO CUCINELLI  BCU.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary on Jan. 11) 
followed by conference call (1700 GMT). 
     
    CEMENTIR  CEMI.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 10). 
     
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 11). 
     
    UNIPOLSAI  US.MI  
    Board meeting on FY results (preliminary on Feb. 11). 
     
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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/MARCH 10