Italy - Factors to watch on September 11
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday.
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.
DEBT
An Italian 30-year syndicated bond launched on Tuesday attracted record demand, as the country's high debt yields remain attractive ahead of an anticipated interest rate cut from the European Central Bank.
Treasury sells 12-month BOT bills. Subscriptions close at 0900 GMT.
COMPANIES
(*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI
The Italian lender on Wednesday said it had bought a 9% stake in Germany's Commerzbank CBKG.DE. Almost half of the shareholding was bought through an accelerated book building launched by the German government, while the remaining shares were bought on the market, the bank said in a statement.
According to German Finance Agency, UniCredit paid 13.20 euros per share for the roughly 53.1 million shares bought through the book building, generating proceeds of 702 million for Germany.
ENI ENI.MI
The Italian energy group said on Tuesday it was pressing ahead with plans to build Italy's third biorefinery in the city of Livorno as national authorities have granted a key green light after assessing the impact on the environment.
TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) TLIT.MI
The former Italian phone monopoly has put forward a non-binding bid for the remaining operations of BT in Italy, seeking to get about 100 million euros ($110 million) from the seller in order to take on the assets, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
(*) PIRELLI PIRC.MI
Camfin does not plan to change its nearly 30% stake in the premium tyre maker, the head of the Italian holding company Marco Tronchetti Provera said in an interview with daily Corriere della Sera on Wednesday.
DOVALUE DOVA.MI
Ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1500 GMT).
DIARY
Cagliari, G7 'Labour and employment' ministerial meeting starts; ends on Sept. 13.
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/
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