Italy - Factors to watch on June 26
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
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 addresses the Chamber of Deputies (0700 GMT) and the Senate (1300 GMT) ahead of European Council meeting to be held on June 27-28.
Russia on Tuesday banned access inside Russia to 81 different media outlets from the European Union including Italian broadcasters Rai and La7 and newspapers la Repubblica and La Stampa in retaliation for a similar EU ban on several Russian media outlets. Italy's foreign ministry condemned the decision.
DEBT
Treasury sells 2.5 billion euros 6-month BOT bills due Nov. 29, 2024 and 2.0 billion euros 12-month BOT bills due Dec. 13, 2024. Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.
COMPANIES
IREN IREE.MI
The Italian energy, gas and water utility dismissed its chief executive Paolo Signorini on Tuesday, citing just objective cause, following his arrest last month as part of a corruption investigation related to his previous job.
PIRELLI PIRC.MI
The tyre maker said on Friday it had issued a 600-million-euro sustainability linked bond with a 3.875% coupon. The issuance reached a demand of around 2.8 billion euros, over 4.6 times the offering, the statement added.
(*) CIR CIRI.MI
The holding company of the De Benedetti family is planning to take full control of elderly care company Kos, acquiring the 40% stake currently held by Italian infrastructure fund F2i, daily MF reported on Wednesday.
(*) AZIMUT AZMT.MI
The asset manager raised 755 million euros with its first Infrastructures for Growth-ESG Fund (IPC) thanks to the participation of 26 insurance companies, pension funds and social security funds, MF reported on Wednesday, adding that Azimut is planning to launch another private equity fund in the second half of 2024, with the aim of raising a further 500 million euros.
DIARY
Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta attends Bank of Finland's "3rd International monetary policy conference on monetary policy in low and high inflation environments" in Helsinki (0930 GMT).
Rome, Bank of Italy Financial Information Unit (UIF) Director Enzo Serata presents annual report for 2023 (0900 GMT).
Rome, newspaper 'Il Messaggero' holds online event "Italy is transformed, a capital challenge: from the Jubilee to the national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP), the great occasions for the relaunch of the Country and Rome" with European Affairs and NRRP Minister Raffaele Fitto, Terna TRN.MI CEO Giuseppina Di Foggia, Fincantieri FCT.MI CEO Pierroberto Folgiero, Enel ENEI.MI Italian Director Nicola Lanzetta, Economy Ministry agency SACE CEO Alessandra Ricci, UniCredit CRDI.MI COO Gianfranco Bisagni, Autostrade per l'Italia Group CEO Roberto Tomasi, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini (1530 GMT).
Rome, "Innovate, consolidate, monetise: time for a breakthrough" with Cabinet Undersecretary Alessio Butti, telecoms association ASSTEL Director General Laura Di Raimondo, Telcom Italia (TIM) TLIT.MI unit Sparkle CEO Enrico Bagnasco, INWIT INWT.MI Director General Diego Galli, Open Fiber CEO Giuseppe Gola, DBA Group DBA.MI CEO Raffaele De Bettin, Nokia Italian CEO Stefano Grieco, ZTE 000063.SZ Italian CEO Hu Kun, TIM CEO Pietro Labriola, iliad Italian CEO Benedetto Levi (0730 GMT).
Rome, renewables and power industry think tank IREX holds "Renewables, the time for choices; transition in the Europe to come" (0700 GMT), with ERG ERG.MI CEO Paolo Merli, Elettricita Futura President Agostino Re Rebaudengo, Edison EDNn.MI Vice President Marco Stangalino, Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.
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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