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Italy - Factors to watch on August 26



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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.

DEBT

Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on Aug. 29.


ENERGY

Italy needs to be open to developing nuclear power, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Friday.


COMPANIES

Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed.


TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI

Italian banker Claudio Costamagna, a former chairman of state lender CDP, is working on a plan to gather a group of investors potentially interested in buying France's Vivendi shares in the telecoms group, Corriere della Sera daily said on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. The deal would be based on a vehicle company purchasing Vivendi shares in multiple stages, starting from a 6-7% stake for around 500 million euros, the report added.


SARAS SRS.MI

Varas reopens mandatory takeover offer on Saras shares (to Aug. 30).


CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS CNS.MI

Is de-listed from the Euronext Milan as of Monday.


UNIEURO UNIR.MI

Italy's market watchdog Consob approved on Friday the offer document presented by French retailer Fnac Darty FNAC.PA for the acquisition of the Italian consumer electronics group, with the tender offer period set from Sept. 2 to Oct. 25.

Fnac Darty offered in July to buy Unieuro for around 249 million euros ($278.23 million) to create a market leader in consumer electronics and domestic appliances in southern and western Europe.



DIARY

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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/



($1 = 0.8949 euros)


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