Italy - Factors to watch on August 26
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
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.
DEBT
Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Aug. 29.
ENERGY
Italy needs to be open to developing nuclear power, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Friday.
COMPANIES
Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.
TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI
Italian banker Claudio Costamagna, a former chairman of state lender CDP, is working on a plan to gather a group of investors potentially interested in buying France's Vivendi shares in the telecoms group, Corriere della Sera daily said on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. The deal would be based on a vehicle company purchasing Vivendi shares in multiple stages, starting from a 6-7% stake for around 500 million euros, the report added.
(*) BANKS, ASSET MANAGEMENT
The potential sale by Axa AXAF.PA of its management arm to France's BNP Paribas BNPP.PA might again prompt consolidation in the Italian sector, Corriere della Sera's L'Economia weekly supplement reported on Monday.
The move could lead to new deals happening, the paper reported, citing potential acquisitions such as Mediobanca MDBI.MI buying either Banca Generali BGN.MI or FinecoBank FBK.MI, while also selling its stake in insurer Assicurazioni Generali GASI.MI. The report also referred to Intesa Sanpaolo's interest for lender Banca Mediolanum BMED.MI and Swiss private bank Julius Baer BAER.S. It added Banco BPM BAMI.MI might buy an additional stake in asset manager Anima Holding ANIM.MI.
SARAS SRS.MI
Varas reopens mandatory takeover offer on Saras shares (to Aug. 30).
CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS CNS.MI
The company is de-listed from the Euronext Milan as of Monday after 99.22% of the group's shares were sold in the takeover by Honeywell.
UNIEURO UNIR.MI
Italy's market watchdog Consob approved on Friday the offer document presented by French retailer Fnac Darty FNAC.PA for the acquisition of the Italian consumer electronics group, with the tender offer period set from Sept. 2 to Oct. 25.
Fnac Darty offered in July to buy Unieuro for around 249 million euros ($278.23 million) to create a market leader in consumer electronics and domestic appliances in southern and western Europe.
(*) LAZIO LAZI.MI
The team lost 2-1 to Udinese on Saturday at the season's second match-day.
(*) JUVENTUS JUVE.MI
The Turin soccer club bought player Nicolas Ivan Gonzalez from Fiorentina for about 8 million euros for the current season. It has an option to acquire the player for around 25 million euros.
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/
($1 = 0.8949 euros)
Related Assets
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
