Italy - Factors to watch on October 29

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.

ECONOMY

ISTAT releases September non-EU foreign trade data (0900 GMT); Q3 wage inflation data (1000 GMT); September producer prices data (1100 GMT).

DEBT

Treasury sells 2.0 billion euros 21-month BOT bills and 2.0 billion euros 6-month BOT bills. Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.

COMPANIES

UNICREDIT CRDI.MI

BNP Paribas BNPP.PA on Tuesday said it would be open to an asset management partnership with the Italian second-largest bank, amid reports the Italian bank was accelerating efforts to end its ties with French fund manager Amundi AMUN.PA.

GENERALI GASI.MI

Italy's biggest insurer and French banking group BPCE are likely to abandon plans to merge their asset management businesses by letting a year-end deadline lapse without a binding agreement, three sources said.

The insurer said on Tuesday it would redeem all outstanding subordinated notes on November 21, 2025, the first call date for the securities. The 1.5 billion euro fixed-floating rate perpetual notes, originally issued on November 21, 2014, carry a 4.596% annual coupon until the redemption date. The current outstanding principal amount stands at 500.4 million euros.

MONCLER MONC.MI

Revenues at Italian luxury outerwear group fell 1% at constant exchange rates in the third quarter, hit by weak tourist demand in Europe and Japan despite an increase in sales in the Americas.

LEONARDO LDOF.MI, AVIO AVI.MI

The Italian aerospace and defence group said on Tuesday it was selling a 9.4% stake in the rocket maker through an accelerated bookbuilding to institutional investors.

(*) STELLANTIS STLAM.MI

The automaker said on Tuesday it has partnered with Nvidia NVDA.O, Uber UBER.N and Foxconn 2354.TW to explore the joint development of autonomous vehicles, aiming to tap into the booming demand for self-driving cars.

(*) JUVENTUS JUVE.MI

The Serie A club have chosen Luciano Spalletti as their new head coach, Italian newspapers reported on Wednesday, adding that the official announcement is expected late in the day or on Thursday.

AMPLIFON AMPF.MI

Releases Q3 results, followed by conference call (1730 GMT).

CAMPARI GROUP CPRI.MI

Releases Q3 results, followed by conference call (1715 GMT).

TENARIS TENR.MI

Releases Q3 results.

FERVI FVIR.MI

Seconda Srl offer starts; ends on November 18.

DIARY

"Made in Italy Summit 2025" online event continues (1300 GMT); ends on October 30.

Rome, first national conference "The Arctic, Defense, and the Country System in the New Challenges of Global Competition" (0830 GMT); expected attendees include Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Fincantieri FCT.MI Chairman Biagio Mazzotta, Leonardo LDOF.MI Chairman Stefano Pontecorvo.

Florence, Bank of Italy hosts ECB Governing Council meeting (to October 30).

((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/