Italy - Factors to watch on July 29
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.
POLITICS
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to "relaunch" cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official visit to Beijing since taking office.
The Italian leader also said that an industrial cooperation memorandum signed by Italy and China includes strategic industrial sectors such as electric mobility and renewables.
ECONOMY
The Bank of Italy said on Friday the country's lenders had a limited exposure to Portugal's residential property market and there was no need to ask them to hold additional capital against such exposure.
ISTAT releases June non-EU foreign trade data (0800 GMT).
DEBT
The Treasury said on Friday it had cancelled the medium-long term bond auction scheduled for August 13 and inflation-linked BTPei auction scheduled for August 27. Other auctions, including the Bill sale scheduled for August 9, will be held regularly.
COMPANIES
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
The Franco-German aerospace giant Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Italian defence group to strengthen cooperation in the Nh90 military helicopter, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told Il Sole-24 Ore in an interview published on Sunday.
SARAS SRS.MI
Global commodity trader Vitol is not worried about the low acceptance rate of its mandatory tender offer for Italian oil refiner Saras SRS.MI, its CEO Russell Hardy told Il Sole-24 Ore in an interview on Saturday.
"In any case, we also feel comfortable as shareholders in a listed company: we already have experience in this role in two companies with which we have long-standing ties, both taken over by Shell," Hardy said referring to Vivo Energy, which was listed in London for four years before Vitol took full control and privatised it, and Viva, which is still listed in Australia.
ENI ENI.MI
(*) RBC on Monday raised the energy group's rating to 'Outperform' from 'Sector Perform'.
ENI could pocket more than 8 billion euros ($8.69 billion) in net proceeds from disposals by 2027, CEO Claudio Descalzi said on Friday after the group reported second-quarter results ahead of consensus.
TERNA TRN.MI
Power grid operator reported on Friday a 23% annual rise in its core earnings for the first half of the year, mainly thanks to an increase in revenues from regulated activities.
DANIELI DANI.MI
The steelmaker recorded sales above target at the end of its financial year to June, "in line with market expectations if not slightly higher," CEO Giacomo Mareschi Danieli told Corriere della Sera's L'Economia on Monday.
He added he sees a "similar and positive" trend in 2024-2025, with orders slightly above 6 billion euros.
The group is still looking at international growth, especially in Mexico, Bangladesh and Brazil, but is not interested in buying the steelworks of Acciaierie d'Italia (ADI), formerly known as Ilva, Mareschi Danieli said.
IREN IREE.MI
Rating agency Fitch confirmed the utility's 'BBB' rating and cut its outlook to 'stable' from 'positive'.
DIASORIN DIAS.MI
Board meeting on H1 results, followed by conference call (1500 GMT).
DIARY
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni continues her state visit to China; ends on July 31.
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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