** Banca Akros downgrades Italy's Unieuro UNIR.MI to
"reduce" from "neutral", as it becomes even more conservative on
the name
** The electronics and household appliances retailer's
shares fall 9.35%
** The broker cites a downtrend tendency in the market of
appliances following peer Esprinet's PRT.MI
lower-than-expected H1 results
** The broker says it's turning even more conservative on
Unieuro's guidance for flat FY sales and adj. EBIT of 35-38 mln
euros ($38-41 million)
** It slashes Unieuro's PT by 29% to 8.5 euros, which is
17.2% below the stock's Tuesday closing price of 10.27 euros
** Shares are on track for their worst day since March 2020
($1 = 0.9317 euros)
(Reporting by Alessandro Parodi)
((alessandro.parodi@thomsonreuters.com))