Italy - Factors to watch on July 4
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.
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
U.S. President Joe Biden must drop his re-election bid or Donald Trump is sure to return to the White House, former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
ECONOMY
OECD releases June composite leading indicator data (1000 GMT).
COMPANIES
LEONARDO LDOF.MI
Italian defence group and German peer Rheinmetall RHMG.DE have agreed to form a joint venture to produce tanks and other land defence systems, the two companies said on Wednesday.
(*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The lender is in talks with its partners in the custody business - Societe Generale in Italy and Caceis (Credit Agricole-Santander) in Germany - for a review of contracts, and with other providers such as BNP Paribas Securities Services, daily Milano Finanza reported on Thursday quoting Bloomberg. It added that the internalisation of activities was also an option.
BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI BMPS.MI
Italy is looking for a merger deal to further cut its stake in the bailed-out lender, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday.
(*) The third tranche of the stake sale could target between 10% to 16% of the bank's share capital and could take place in the autumn or winter, daily Il Messaggero reported on Thursday.
The daily added that the main suitor would be UniCredit and that the Treasury held talks in early February with CEO Andrea Orcel that failed over a difference of 2.5 billion euros.
(*) ENI ENI.MI
Italy's top flight soccer league will have a new logo to mark the start of the sponsorship by Enilive, the chief executive of the energy group biofuel unit and Serie A said late on Wednesday.
BORSA ITALIANA
Italy's government will monitor commitments made by Euronext ENX.PA when it acquired the Milan bourse, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Wednesday after meeting unions who staged a historic strike at the stock exchange.
M&A, ITA AIRWAYS
Lufthansa LHAG.DE won EU antitrust approval to buy 41% of ITA Airways for 325 million euros on Wednesday after ceding routes and slots, with the news boosting rival IAG's shares and hopes for its takeover of Air Europa.
(*) Lufthansa will consider raising its stake in Italy's ITA Airways to 90% starting from early next year, the CEO of the German airline said in an interview with Corriere della Sera published on Thursday. La Repubblica and La Stampa, meanwhile, reported that Joerg Eberhart, Lufthansa's head of strategy and former boss of Air Dolomiti, would be ITA's new CEO.
WEBUILD WBD.MI
Saving shareholders' meeting (1230 GMT).
DIARY
Rome, ISTAT ends 15th edition annual national conference on statistics in presence and online (0800 GMT); on Thursday expected attendees include ECB board member Piero Cipollone.
Naples, ECB board member Philip R. Lane gives speech at "Master in Economics and Finance (MEF) 2024" at University Federico II (0900 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/
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