Italy - Factors to watch on July 23
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.
ECONOMY
Italy has spent around 45% of the 113.5 billion euros ($123.5 billion) it has secured so far from European Union COVID-19 recovery funds, short of a target set in 2022, the Italian government said on Monday.
DEBT
Italy's Treasury said on Monday it would sell up to 5.75 billion euros in short-term Btp and inflation-linked Btp bonds at a July 25 auction.
Treasury announces sale of 6-month BOT bills, with relative amounts to be auctioned on July 26.
COMPANIES
UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The lender is reorganising its finance division and cutting staff numbers, an internal memo showed on Monday, after CEO Andrea Orcel announced headcount reductions at the group's central offices.
ENI ENI.MI
(*) The energy group said on Tuesday it signed an exclusivity agreement with investment firm KKR KKR.N over the potential sale of a minority stake in biofuel unit Enilive that could value the subsidiary up to 12.5 billion euros.
(*) Oslo-listed Vaar Energi VAR.OL, majority-owned by Eni, on Tuesday posted a second-quarter operating profit below expectations and maintained its dividend payment level.
The President of the Republic of Angola João Gonçalves Lourenço and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi met in the country's capital Luanda on Monday to review activities and discuss new areas of cooperation, the energy company said.
BPER BANCA EMII.MI
Italy's market watchdog Consob said in a regulatory filing on Monday that JP Morgan held a potential stake of 5.06% in BPER as of July 10, of which 3.613% in shares, and the rest in financial instruments.
(*) BANCA GENERALI BGN.MI
Barclays on Tuesday raised the shares to 'Overweight' from 'Equal-weight' and raised the target price to 48.60 euros from 39.30 euros.
(*) CAR SECTOR
Renault RENA.PA wants to invest in Free to X, Autostrade per l'Italia's company for EV charging stations, "but if the door is closed" because the government won't give its green light to the deal, the French group will invest in Spain or elsewhere, Renault CEO Luca de Meo told Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Tuesday.
DIARY
Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses intelligence parliamentary committee COPASIR (1530 GMT).
Rome, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso attends Anev, the offshore wind summit (1230 GMT).
Apice, Italy, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini attends ceremony at High Speed/High Capacity construction sites (1300 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/
($1 = 0.9188 euros)
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