Italy - Factors to watch on April 30

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.

POLITICS LDOF.MI

Italy and Turkey will continue to strengthen cooperation in the defence industry with new projects, while also boosting their reciprocal trade, the leaders of the two countries said after holding talks in Rome.

ECONOMY

ISTAT releases Q1 GDP flash data (0800 GMT); April CPI flash data (0900 GMT); March producer prices data (1000 GMT).

COMPANIES

(*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI, BANCO BPM BAMI.MI

The outgoing CEO of French lender Credit Agricole, which holds 19.8% stake in Banco BPM, said on Wednesday it was too early to decide whether or not to agree to UniCredit's offer for the Italian rival. Philippe Brassac said in a post-results call that Credit Agricole would make a decision "in a few weeks' time."

(*) STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

The Franco-Italian automaker said on Wednesday it was suspending its guidance for a moderate recovery this year, after a profit drop in 2024, due to the uncertain impact of evolving U.S. tariff policies.

Conference call at 1100 GMT.

INTESA SANPAOLO ISP.MI

The board of Italy's biggest bank on Tuesday handed CEO Carlo Messina a new three-year mandate in charge. The slate of board candidates put forward by Intesa's core investors secured 57.3% of votes at an annual general meeting, down from 76.5% in 2022. Messina has led Intesa since 2013.

STMICRO STMPA.PA

Italy is pushing for an extraordinary shareholder meeting at the French-Italian chipmaker to vote on a candidate it wants to appoint to the supervisory board, two sources close to the matter said, as Rome seeks more influence over the company.

RECORDATI RECI.MI

The Italian pharmaceutical company is looking at several potential M&A deals, CEO Bob Koremans said on Tuesday, presenting the company's 2025-2027 business plan.

BRUNELLO CUCINELLI BCU.MI

The Italian fashion company said on Tuesday it had completed a share buyback programme, purchasing 123,500 shares for around 13.25 million euros ($15.10 million).

MAIRE MTCM.MI

The Italian engineering company is sure to increase its guidance for 2025, CEO Alessandro Bernini said on Tuesday in a post-results call.

STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

Releases Q1 deliveries and revenues results, followed by

TENARIS TENR.MI

Releases Q1 results.

AZIMUT HOLDING AZMT.MI

Annual general meeting (0900 GMT).

BANCO BPM BAMI.MI

Annual general meeting (0700 GMT).

BANCA POPOLARE DI SONDRIO BPSI.MI

Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (1400 GMT).

HERA HRA.MI

Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0800 GMT).

NEXI NEXII.MI

Annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings (0800 GMT).

((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

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 = 0.8773 euros)