Italy - Factors to watch on May 14

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14/05/2021 05:00

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
    Prime Minister Mario Draghi has appointed diplomat
Elisabetta Belloni as the head of Italy's spy agency, the first
woman to lead the Department of Information Security (DIS).
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2N049H
    U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday
that she believes solutions to trade disputes with the European
Union on aircraft subsidies and steel and aluminum tariffs "are
within reach."  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nW1N2HO057
    
    ECONOMY
    Bank of Italy releases March data on public finances, state
borrowing and debt.   

    COMPANIES
    UNICREDIT  CRDI.MI 
    UniCredit's largest investor BlackRock  BLK.N  voted against
the remuneration package that last month turned the Italian
bank's new boss Andrea Orcel into one of Europe's highest paid
bank chiefs, a document showed on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2N02FO
    
    STELLANTIS  STAL.MI 
    Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Thursday
each of the automaker's 14 car brands will receive funding over
the next 10 years to prove themselves.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2N01TF
    
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI 
    The Italian infrastructure group on Thursday reported a net
loss in the first quarter and confirmed it would decide on the
sale of its 88% stake in motorway unit Autostrade by June 11.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2N0501
    Wizz Air  WIZZ.L  will open a base at Rome's Fiumicino
airport in July to further expand its Italian network, the
budget carrier said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2N04B2
    
    PRYSMIAN  PRY.MI 
    Prysmian is close to a "very interesting" contract to
develop a high-voltage underground network in the U.S., the
Italian company's chief executive said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2N03OG
    
    FINCANTIERI  FCT.MI 
    Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri on Thursday reported a 27.3%
rise in first-quarter core profit to 101 million euros ($122.06
million) and confirmed its guidance for the full year.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2N056Z
    
    WEBUILD  WBD.MI 
    The builder said on Thursday it won new orders worth 2.6
billion euros in the first quarter and confirmed its fully-year
guidance pointing to 6.5-7.2 billion euro revenue.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2N01C9 
  
    
    DOVALUE  DOVA.MI 
    Italian debt recovery firm doValue reported on Thursday a
49% rise in first-quarter revenues thanks to the resumption of
court activities to collect debt and the recent acquisition of
doValue Greece.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2N01ZI
    Conference call on Q1 results (0830 GMT).
    
    BANCA IFIS  IF.MI 
    The lender said in Thursday that its net profit fell to 20.1
million euros in the first quarter from 26.4 million euros year
ago.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2MZ1UN
    
    GEOX  GEO.MI 
    Italian shoemaker Geox expects sales to grow at an almost
double-digit rate by the end of June after revenues dropped
17.4% at constant exchange rates in the first quarter due to
coronavirus-driven store closures and delivery delays.
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    INTERPUMP GROUP  ITPG.MI 
    Board meetings on Q1 results.
    
    UNIPOL  UNPI.MI  and UNIPOLSAI  US.MI 
    Release Q1 results (before Bourse opening), followed by
conference call (1000 GMT).
    
    CATTOLICA ASSICURAZIONI  CASS.MI 
    Annual general meeting (0700 GMT).
    
    ERG  ERG.MI 
    Online presentation 2021-2025 business plan (1230 GMT).
    
    DIASORIN  DIAS.MI 
    Board meeting on Q1 results, followed by conference call on
Q1 results (1500 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    G20 ends "2nd Education Working Group Meeting" via
videoconference.
    "5G FED Conference"; Industry Ministry Undersecretary Anna
Ascani delivers opening address; European Parliament
representative Patrizia Toia, Huawei Italian unit Chiarman Luigi
De Vecchis, Sparkle CEO Elisabetta Romano; market regulator
Consob Commissioner Laura Aria delivers closing address (0730
GMT).
    Webinar on "The new European strategy to strengthen cyber
security", with European Parliament President David Sassoli,
Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, Defence Ministry
Undersecretary Giorgio Mule, EU Commission representative
Roberto Viola, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General
Josef Aschbacher, European Parliament Vice President Fabio
Massimo Castaldo, Leonardo  LDOF.MI  CEO Alessandro Profumo, EU
Military Board President Claudio Graziano, European Union Agency
for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar,
Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Giorgio Saccoccia,
Department of Security Intelligence (DIS) Director General
Gennaro Vecchione (0800 GMT).
    Soccer national league Serie A holds meeting via
videoconference to discuss 2021-2024 TV rights (1300 GMT).
    Rome, Italian President Sergio Mattarella chairs the Supreme
Defence Council (1500 GMT).
    
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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/