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Italy - Factors to watch on September 4



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The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.

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

Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano, under fire over a woman allegedly given undue access to ministerial documents and benefits, said on Tuesday he met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to reaffirm he had broken no public conduct rules.


ECONOMY

August services PMI HCOB data (0745 GMT).


COMPANIES

SAIPEM SPMI.MI

The Italian energy engineering group Saipem said on Tuesday it won two offshore contracts in Saudi Arabia worth around $1 billion in total, under an existing long term agreement with oil giant Saudi Aramco 2222.SE.


SNAM SRG.MI

The Italian gas grid operator said on Tuesday it had successfully launched its first perpetual subordinated bond issue, for a nominal value of 1 billion euros, partly to finance the potential acquisition of Edison Stoccaggio.

The bond was more than 4 times oversubscribed at peak, with total orders in excess of 4.5 billion euros, Snam said.


ENI ENI.MI

Flotation Energy and Vaargroenn, a joint venture between Eni unit Plenitude and private equity firm HitecVision, said on Tuesday their floating offshore wind project Green Volt won a contract at Britain's latest renewable power auction.


SARAS SRS.MI

Vitol held 95.285% of Saras' share capital at the end of the reopening of its mandatory tender offer on Saras through financial vehicle Varas, the global commodity trader said on Tuesday.


STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

Bob Broderdorf has been named head of Jeep North America, effective immediately, and Bill Peffer will assume a leadership role for network development in North America, the automaker said on Tuesday.


(*) AVIO AVI.MI

The aerospace firm has postponed the launch of its VV24 rocket due to electrical issues on the ground links, it said on Wednesday. A new launch attempt will take place during the Italian night between Wednesday and Thursday.


(*) FERRETTI YACHT.MI

The group's Chief Commercial Officer, also Managing Director of the Wally brand, Stefano De Vivo, has decided to leave his position, the Italian luxury yacht producer said on Tuesday. Ferretti's Hong Kong shares 9638.HK were down more than 4% at 0540 GMT.


FTSE share indexes release quarterly revision effective as of Monday Sept. 23.


DIARY

Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets U.S. House of Representatives Speaker James Mike Johnson (1400 GMT).

Rome, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti meets Mexico Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrad and Mexico Public Security Minister Omar Garcia (1330 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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