Italy - Factors to watch on March 16

Pininfarina SpA

16/03/2021 05:00

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
    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 .
    
    GENERAL
    Italy reported 354 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday
against 264 the day before, the health ministry said, while the
daily tally of new infections fell to 15,267 from 21,315 the day
before.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2K70CO
    Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported
possible serious side-effects, but the World Health Organization
(WHO) said there was no proven link and people should not panic.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LD0O2
    
    DEBT
    Italy's Treasury said on Monday it would offer a BTP bond
expiring on April 1, 2031 for up to 2.5 billion euros ($2.98
billion) in exchange for four bonds expiring later this year.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2LD5X2
    
    ECONOMY
    ISTAT releases February CPI final data (0900 GMT).
    
    COMPANIES
    ATLANTIA  ATL.MI  
    Board meets to assess a request to postpone the deadline to
decide on a binding offer for its motorway unit.
    
    LEONARDO  LDOF.MI 
    The Italian defence group launched on Monday an initial
public offering of its U.S. electronics unit DRS  DRS.N , which
counts the U.S. military as a customer.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2LD2V9
    
    AZIMUT HOLDING  AZMT.MI 
    The asset manager signed an agreement on Monday to buy a
controlling stake in Mexico's independent asset manager and
advisory firm KAAN as the Italian group seeks to strengthens its
presence in the Latin American country.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2LD5GM
    
    GEOX  GEO.MI 
    The shoemaker reported a full-year net loss of 128.2 million
euros from a 24.8 million loss a year ago and said sales trend
in first ten weeks of 2021 is still affected by temporary
closures in its main European markets.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2LD18H
    
    CARIGE  CRGI.MI  (shares trading suspended)
    Italy's Cassa Centrale Banca (CCB) is reconsidering the
terms at which it could take a controlling stake in rival Carige
in light of mounting losses at the Genoa-based bank, three
sources close to the matter said on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2LD4FP
    
    AS ROMA  ASR.MI 
    AS Roma have failed in their final appeal against a 3-0
defeat they were handed for fielding an incorrectly registered
player against Hellas Verona in Serie A, the Italian Olympic
Committee (CONI) confirmed on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LD2MP
    
    BPER BANCA  EMII.MI  
    Holds board meeting on FY results (preliminary results on
Feb. 3).
    
    PININFARINA  PNNI.MI  
    Holds annual general meeting and extraordinary shareholders'
meeting to approve capital increase (1000 GMT).
    
    DIARY
    EU Competition Commissioner Marghethe Vestager, Industry
Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, Transport Minister Enrico
Giovannini, Economy Minister Daniele Franco meet via
videoconference on ailing carrier Alitalia (1530 GMT).
    Transport Minister Enrico Giovannini attends webinar on "A
design for sustainable mobility - The South in the national and
European strategy".
    Italy's Serie A soccer league holds meeting, via
videoconference, on TV broadcasting rights (1030 GMT).
    Rome, Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani
speaks via videoconference before Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Environment and Industry committees on his ministry's policies.
(0900 GMT).
     Rome, Labour minister Andrea Orlando speaks before Chamber
of Deputies Labor and Social Affairs committees on his ministry
policies (1530 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/