Nexi up after report CDP is weighing acquisition of its interbank network
** Shares in Italy's Nexi NEXII.MI rise as much as 4.3% after a media report that its major shareholder CDP is considering buying the payments group's interbank network, RNI
** Daily Corriere della Sera reported that state lender CDP, which is Nexi's second-biggest shareholder with a 14.5% stake, is weighing to buy RNI
** Nexi has valued RNI at around 800 million euros ($843.44 million), according to previousmedia reports
** RNI's sale would be a positive event for Nexi, as the asset's low-single digit growth profile is lower than that of its Merchant acquiring segment, brokerageEquita says
** Nexi could use the resulting financial resources to speed up debt reductionand sustain shareholder remuneration, it adds
** Nexi and CDP declined to comment on the matter
** As of 1040 GMT Nexi shares, which up to Wednesday's close were down 27% YTD, rose 3.2%
($1 = 0.9485 euros)
Reporting by Philippe H. M. Leroy Beaulieu, Elisa Anzolin
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