Italy - Factors to watch on June 28
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.
POLITICS
(*) Italy's Forza Italia, part of the right-wing ruling coalition, will vote in favour of Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission, foreign minister and head of the party Antonio Tajani said on Friday.
The move is in line with the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) stance but is in stark contrast to the decision of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to abstain from supporting von der Leyen's second mandate at the EU leaders summit on Thursday.
Italy's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that part of a 2022 windfall tax weighing on energy companies is unlawful, a decision that is expected to have repercussions for Rome's strained public finances.
Italy's Treasury appointed on Thursday former head of power grid Terna TRN.MI Stefano Donnarumma as new chief executive of the state railway Ferrovie dello Stato. Donnarumma replaces Luigi Ferraris, who is expected to be picked as CEO of the company running TIM's network once the sale to U.S. fund KKR is completed.
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases April industry sales data (0800 GMT); CPI June flash data (0900 GMT); May non-EU foreign trade data (1000 GMT).
COMPANIES
BORSA ITALIANA
Workers waving flags demonstrated outside the Milan Stock Exchange on Thursday as they staged a historic strike to protest against the way it is being run by owner Euronext.
(*) STELLANTIS STLAM.MI
Bernstein started the coverage of the carmaker on Friday with a "Market-perform" rating and a 22 euro target price.
(*) TERNA TRN.MI
Goldman Sachs downgraded the rating on the power grid operator from "Neutral" to "Sell" on Friday, with a price target of 7.6 euros from 7.95 euros.
GENERALI GASI.MI
Italy's top insurer appointed Carlo Trabattoni as chair of Generali Investments Luxemburg S.A and Generali Real Estate SGR, it said on Thursday.
UNIPOL UNPI.MI
Fabio Cerchiai resigned as vice president of the insurer following his appointment as chairman of BPER Banca, the group said on Thursday.
SARAS SRS.MI
Italian market watchdog Consob has temporarily suspended its review of the prospectus for the Vitol-sponsored mandatory tender offer on the refiner as it seeks additional information on the bid, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
DIARY
Assogestioni releases May fund flows data (0900 GMT).
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends European Council meeting in Brussels.
Rome, Industry Ministry holds news conference to present site chosen by Silicon Box for chiplet production in Italy (0830 GMT).
Milan, The Atlantic Council presents a report by the Atlantic Council Turkey Programs on decarbonization of Europe's road transportation sector, and the case of Italy (0900 GMT).
Trieste, G7 Education ministerial meeting starts; ends on June 29.
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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