Italy - Factors to watch on July 19
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.
POLITICS
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party voted against a second term for Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission, a member of the group in the EU parliament said on Thursday.
DEBT
Bank of Italy to publish May data on foreign investors' holding of Italian government bonds.
COMPANIES
(*) STELLANTIS STLA.MI
The auto maker said on Thursday it recalled about 24,000 ChryslerPacifica plug-in hybrid minivans worldwide because of fire risks, and urged owners to park outside, away from structures.
(*) ENI ENI.MI
Stifel said on Friday it had cut the energy company's rating to "Hold" from "Buy", with a price target of 17.7 euros ($19.27) from 17.3 euros
(*) NEXI NEXII.MI, UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
UniCredit has initiated the placement of 14.7 million Nexi shares through an accelerated book building (ABB) process, representing approximately 1.1% of the capital. The placement is being made in order to hedge a long position on Nexi. According to Il Sole 24 Ore, the placement was launched at 5.735 euros per share.
(*) BANCO DESIO DESI.MI
The bank will launch a tender to select a new insurance partner, MF daily wrote on Friday, adding the tender will undoubtedly cover life insurance, but a bancassurance deal could also include a non-life insurance business.
(*) PIOVAN PVNA.MI
Automation Systems said on Friday it bought a 61.2% stake - excluding Treasuy shares - in the plastics equipment maker and will launch a mandatory offer on the remaining capital at 14 euros per share. After the sale, the group will be delisted from the Euronext segment of the Milan Bourse.
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The defence group expects to finalise a joint venture ith Germany's Rheinmetall RHMG.DE by September, while a contract with Italy's Defence Ministry could be sealed by the end of the year, CEO Roberto Cingolani said on Thursday.
ACEA ACE.MI, INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
The utility and the lender said on Thursday they had joined forces to support investments in Italy's water sector. Intesa Sanpaolo is ready to offer advisory services and lend up to 20 billion euros to companies in the water business.
BPER BANCA EMII.MI
Italy's fourth largest bank said of Thursday it had picked former UniCredit executive Simone Marcucci as its new Chief Financial Officer.
DIARY
Rome, farmers' lobby Coldiretti holds annual meeting with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, European Affairs and National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Minister Raffaele Fitto (0800 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/
($1 = 0.9187 euros)
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