The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday.
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DEBT
Treasury announces sale of BTP and CCTeu bonds, with relative amounts to be auctioned on October 30.
The Treasury said on Friday it would sell 4 billion euros on BOT bills at an October 29 auction.
Italian small savers showed healthy appetite for a retail bond offered by the Treasury last week, boosting Rome's efforts to manage its huge debt pile. The Treasury raised 16.6 billion euros from a seven-year "BTP Valore" bond, Bourse data showed.
COMPANIES
WEBUILD MIL:WBD
Italy's Court of Auditors will hold a hearing on October 29, to assess the government's decision to build a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland, the Messina Strait Company said on Friday.
Pietro Ciucci, CEO of the company leading a 13.5-billion-euro international consortium project, said he was confident about the hearing's positive outcome.
(*) Meloni's 13.5 billion euros bridge to Sicily hit resistance from auditors court, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
UNICREDIT MIL:UCG
The EU Commissioner for Financial Services, asked on Friday about German resistance to UniCredit's attempts to take over Commerzbank XETR:CBK, lamented obstacles to the creation of larger European banks.
BPER BANCA MIL:BPE
Asked if the derivatives position the bank took on 9.99% of its own capital is a defensive move against UniCredit, BPER CEO Gianni Franco Papa told Sunday's Corriere della Sera the transaction sent "a strong signal of the confidence we have in the future prospects of our group.".
MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA MIL:BMPS
As the Tuscan bank's board comes up for renewal in April, shareholder Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone would like to replace CEO Luigi Lovaglio while leading investor Delfin and Italy's Treasury favour reappointing him, daily la Repubblica reported on Sunday.
LEONARDO MIL:LDO
Driven to the brink by Elon Musk's SpaceX, Europe's biggest satellite firms, including Italy's Leonardo, are setting aside longtime rivalries in a do-or-die $7 billion merger that some insiders are already calling Project FOMO.
STELLANTIS MIL:STLAM
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Saturday said it has opened a probe into about 232,209 Chrysler 2020 model year Jeep Gladiator and Wrangler vehicles sold in the U.S. over concerns that a malfunction of the instrument panel cluster (IPC) could result in loss of vehicle information.
FERRARI MIL:RACE
The Italian sports car maker is tapping into crypto markets and tech-rich youngsters with a planned new digital token that its wealthiest fans will be able to use in an auction for a Ferrari 499P, the endurance car that won three straight Le Mans titles.
TERNA MIL:TRN
The Italian power grid operator said on Friday it did not want to comment rumours when asked about a report by Bloomberg newswire hinting at a potential sale of a stake in the country's high-voltage network, adding it "constantly analyses the financial instruments available for the development and maintenance of the ... grid".
Milano Finanza on Saturday quoted sources as saying Terna was sounding out funds potentially interested in the investment based in the United States and the Far East where its managers have recently travelled.
(*) JUVENTUS MIL:JUVE, LAZIO MIL:SSL
Juventus lost 1-0 at Lazio in Serie A on Sunday.
CUBE LABS MIL:CUBE
Capital increase starts, ends on November 13.
DIARY
Rome, event "Listed Real Estate: a driver for the economy and markets" (1600 GMT) with Borsa Italian CEO Fabrizio Testa, market regulator CONSOB President Paolo Savona, Deputy Economy Minister Maurizio Leo.
Milan, Poste Italiane MIL:PST holds event to mark the 10th anniversary of its bourse listing (0800 GMT).
Milan, event "Huawei Italy Digital Talent Forum 2025 - Innovation, digital skills and new generations in the Lombardy region" with Huawei Italian CEO Walter Wang and Chairman Luigi De Vecchis.
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