Italy - Factors to watch on November 1
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.
COMPANIES
Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.
INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo on Thursday promised to add a sizeable share buyback to dividend payments over 2024 results, after it beat expectations with its third quarter profit and upgraded its guidance for next year.
Fitch said on Thursday it had revised its outlook on Intesa to 'positive' from 'stable' and confirmed its long-term rating at 'BBB'.
MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE MFEB.MI
The TV group controlled by Italy's Berlusconi family, expects any potential tie-up with German rival ProSiebenSat.1 PSMGn.DE to add more than 200 million euros ($217 million) a year to operating profit, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
Fitch said on Thursday it had upgraded its long-term IDR and senior preferred rating on the Italian bank to 'BBB+', and changed the outlook to 'positive' from 'stable'. Unicredit's rating is now one notch above Italian sovereign rating, it said.
CREDITO EMILIANO EMBI.MI
Fitch said on Thursday it had upgraded its outlook on the Italian lender to 'positive' from 'stable' and confirmed its long-term rating at 'BBB'.
(*) SNAM SRG.MI
Gas storage has reached 98.5% of total capacity, exceeding 12 billion cubic meters (bcm), the group's CEO Stefano Venier told Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview published on Friday.
If strategic reserves are taken into account, the total gas amount reaches 16.5 bcm, slightly higher than a year ago, he added.
(*) LAZIO LAZI.MI
The club won 5-1 at Como on Serie A's matchday 10, reaching the third spot in the table - shared with Fiorentina and Atalanta - at 19 points.
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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