Italy - Factors to watch on September 12
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
China's top trade official will arrive in Italy next week for talks, an Italian government source said on Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to persuade European Union members to reject proposed EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).
ECONOMY
Italy will not present its new budget plan until next month, missing the European Union's September deadline, because parliament wants the Treasury to factor in upcoming revisions to economic growth data for 1995-2023, a minister said on Wednesday.
DEBT
Treasury sells BTP bonds. Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.
COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
UniCredit's CEO approached Commerzbank about exploring merger talks on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the matter said, after Italy's second-largest bank bought a 9% stake in the German lender and signalled it was open to buying more.
(*) UNIPOL UNPI.MI, MONTE DEI PASCHI BMPS.MI
Given Unicredit's move on Commerzbank, Unipol is now considering buying a shareholding into Monte dei Paschi when the government is expected to sell a stake of between 8% and 10% in order to cut its ownership in the Tuscan bank to below 20%, Il Messaggero reported on Thursday. However, Unipol Chairman Carlo Cimbri will not make the first move but will wait to be asked to do so by the Economic Ministry, the report added, referring to conversations between Cimbri and advisors.
(*) INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI
Banking foundation Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, the bank's single largest shareholder, is in favour of confirming CEO Carlo Messina when his mandate is up next year, "given his exceptional results", the head of the banking foundation, Marco Gilli, told La Stampa in an interview published on Thursday.
AVIO AVI.MI
The Italian aerospace firm on Wednesday posted an order backlog of 1.386 million euros ($1.53 million) at the end of H1 and confirmed its full year results guidance.
STELLANTIS STLAM.MI
The carmaker said on Wednesday it was investing more than $406 million in three facilities in Michigan to execute its multi-energy strategy.
(*) The group told U.S dealers that August sales were up 21% with respect to July and that dealer inventory was reduced for two consecutive months by about 10% in total.
NEXI NEXII.MI
Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings.
DIARY
Rome, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti delivers welcome address at conference "The EU Retail Investment Strategy" (1100 GMT).
Cagliari, G7 'Labor and employment' ministerial meeting continues; ends on Sept. 13.
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 = 0.9079 euros)
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