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Italy - Factors to watch on Aug. 6



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The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.

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

OECD releases July composite leading indicator data (1000).


DEBT

Treasury announces sale of 12-month BOT bills, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Aug. 9.


COMPANIES

Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.


BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BMPS.MI

Releases H1 results, conference call at 0700 GMT.


BANCA POPOLARE DI SONDRIO BPSI.MI

Releases H1 results, conference call at 1400 GMT.


BANCO BPM BAMI.MI

Releases H1 results, conference call at 1600 GMT.


DIARY

Rome, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin and Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida hold news conference to announce the appointment of the 'Extraordinary Commissioner for the Blue Crab Emergency' (0930 GMT).

Rome, Industry Ministry holds plenary meeting on fashion, chaired by Industry Minister Adolfo Urso (0945 GMT); followed by meeting on 'La Perla' company (1100 GMT); and meeting on Milan Stock Exchange (1500 GMT).



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/


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