The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot
vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
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POLITICS
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday renewed
her criticism of the euro zone bailout fund, a 500-billion-euro
facility held back by Rome's reluctance to ratify its
recently-adopted reform.
Italy may cut excise duties to curb rising fuel prices, its
economy minister said on Thursday, in the face of mounting
public anger that could pose the first major challenge for
nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases November industrial output data (0900 GMT)
and monthly bulletin on the state of the economy in November and
December (1000 GMT).
COMPANIES
MEDIAFOREUROPE MFEA.MI MFEB.MI , MONDADORI MOED.MI ,
CAIRO COMMUNICATION CAI.MI , RCS MEDIAGROUP RCSM.MI
Italy advertising spending rose 1.1% in November and was
down 0.9% in the first eleven months of the year, research group
Nielsen said on Thursday.
UNIEURO UNIR.MI
The company posted on Thursday an operating profit of 19.9
million euros in the first nine-months of the year. It also
appointed its new chief financial officer.
BANCA IFIS IF.MI
The bank said on Thursday it had issued a 300-million-euro
bond with a maturity of four years.
DIARY
Rome, Industry Ministry holds meeting with the National
Council of Consumers and Users on the dynamics of fuel prices,
chaired by Industry Minister Adolfo Urso, Industry
Undersecretary Massimo Bitonci and Price Supervisor Benedetto
Mineo (1200 GMT).
Milan, Men's fashion shows 2023/2024 Fall/Winter start; end
on Jan. 17.
((Milan newsroom, e-mail: reutersitaly@thomsonreuters.com))
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/