Italy - Factors to watch on July 18

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 (*).

For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA.

ECONOMY

Bank of Italy releases May data on foreign investors' holdings of Italian government bonds.

COMPANIES

ENI ENI.MI

The deal to sell half of Eni's carbon capture and storage unit to BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners will likely value the business at around 1 billion euros, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

UNICREDIT CRDI.MI

A delegation of employee representatives from Commerzbank CBKG.DE met with members of the European Parliament to voice their concerns about a possible takeover by the Italian bank, according to a social media post on Thursday and two people with knowledge of the matter.

STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

Extraordinary shareholders' meeting to vote on the appointment of Antonio Filosa as new CEO (1100 GMT).

Expected to release Q2 global shipments.

(*) DOVALUE DOVA.MI

The financial services provider said on Friday it had signed an agreement to buy German digital credit management platforms coeo for 350 million euros cash, plus a 40 million euros earn-out.

ILLIMITY ILTY.MI

Moody's upgraded on Thursday the long-term deposit and senior unsecured ratings of the digital bank; the outlook is stable.

(*) TINEXTA TNXT.MI

Private equity funds Nextalia and Advent are in exclusive talks to buy a controlling stake of the cybersecurity services company, daily Il Corriere della Sera reported on Friday. Should their offer be accepted, they plan to launch a takeover offer with the aim of delisting Tinexta, the report added.

(*) M&A

Qatari investment fund Mayhoola and Gucci-owner Kering PRTP.PA are considering selling their jointly-owned fashion house Valentino, daily Il Corriere della Sera reported on Friday.

DIARY

Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends G20/G7 ministerial meeting in Durban, South Africa.

Rome, trade union CISL 20th congress continues (0900 GMT); ends on July 19. On Friday expected attendees include President of the Italian AI Commission and Pope Francis' AI advisor Paolo Benanti, Labour Minister Marina Calderone, social security agency INAIL President Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, EU Commission Vice President Raffaele Fitto, Vice President Pina Picierno, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Gelsomina Vigliotti.

((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/