The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
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IT/DIA .
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of BTPei and CTZ bonds, with
relative amounts to be auctioned on Sept. 27.
COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI , BANCA GENERALI BGN.MI , FINECOBANK
FBK.MI
Banca Generali is working with Goldman Sachs in talks to buy
UniCredit's controlling stake in online broker/bank FinecoBank,
but the parties remain far apart on price due to its holdings of
UniCredit bonds, two sources said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BX3PO
ITALIAN BANKS
The take-up of funds by Italian banks at the ECB's second
TLTRO2 operation could be meager, the president of Assiom Forex
Massimiliano Sinagra said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BX46L
ZUCCHI ZUCI.MI
Sales in the first half were 36.6 million euros from 44
million euros the previous year. EBITDA rose to 0.9 million
euros from a loss of 4.4 million euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBIA2133e
EXOR EXOR.MI
Period to exercise exit rights ends.
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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/SEPT. 22