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.
POLITICS
(*) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit South Korea between January 17 and 19 for a summit with President Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's Blue House said in a statement on Friday.
ECONOMY
ISTAT releases November retail sales data (0900 GMT).
DEBT
Treasury sells 8 billion euros 12-month BOT bills. Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.
The Finance ministry said on Thursday it would sell up to 4 billion euros ($4.66 billion) in 3-year BTP bonds at an auction on January 13.
Investors bid for nearly 13 times the 20 billion euros that Italy raised in a debt sale on Thursday, in a sign of confidence in the euro zone's third-largest economy.
COMPANIES
TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI
Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe's digital rule overhaul despite calls from telecoms companies, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
(*) BRUNELLO CUCINELLI BCU.MI
The luxury brand remains committed to its high‑end department store strategy, the company's chairman told Reuters, despite the financial troubles of U.S. retailer Saks.
DIARY
Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holds annual news conference (1000 GMT).
Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends mass to commemorate the victims of the Crans-Montana fire (1530 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
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/
($1 = 0.8581 euros)
