Italian Stocks - Factors to watch on Nov 11

MILAN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - 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 (*). * UNICREDIT Italy's biggest bank posted a fall in third-quarter net profit but beat analysts' forecasts with the help of a surge in trading income as markets recovered from the financial crunch. UniCredit said it completed the sale of its stake in Spain's Banco Sabadell, making a net gain of about 30 million euros. INTESA SANPAOLO Italy's biggest retail bank raised its forecast for full-year net profit and said it planned to sell or list billions of euros in assets by spring to boost capital. The Bank of Italy concluded its investigation into the quality of the bank's loan book and found no problems, MF reported without citing sources. BUZZI CEMENTI, ITALCEMENTI The cement companies are considering issuing bonds and Banca IMI is studying the plans, MF said without citing sources. The paper said Italcementi did not comment. Buzzi said it has nothing to say on the matter, MF said. POP MILANO Its nine-month net profit rose 27.5 percent to 182.3 million euros. MEDIASET The broadcaster reported a smaller-than-expected fall in nine-month net profit and said the decline in Italian advertising will narrow in the fourth quarter. TERNA The power grid operator surprised the market with a promise of higher dividend payouts after the profitable sale of its Brazilian assets. PIRELLI Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera said the industrial group could split up its real estate and tyre operations next year, La Stampa reported. However, he called a break-up "a hypothesis, one of many". Tronchetti made his comments as part of a trade mission to Brazil. DAVIDE CAMPARI-MILANO The drinks company reported nine-month core profit of 177.8 million euros before one-offs, up 21 percent. FASTWEB The company, together with Vodafone and Wind, has asked former government consultant Francesco Caio to draw up a plan to lay cable in 15 cities to allow the competitiors of Telecom Italia to migrate their fixed-line clients to fibre-optic network, MF said. FIAT Morgan Stanley raises price target to 18.5 euros from 18 euros, rating "overweight". SMALL AND MID CAPS * SARAS UBS cuts price target to 1.9 euros from 2 euros, rating "sell" RISANAMENTO A Milan court gave a long-awaited nod to the restructuring plan of real estate company Risanamento, relieving the company's five creditor banks of a potential major headache. COMPANY RESULTS The following companies will report results: BUZZI UNICEM MAIRE TECNIMONT RCS MediaGroup TOD'S LOTTOMATICA CAMPARI GROUP SAFILO UNICREDIT MEDIOLANUM For Italian market data and news, click on codes in brackets: 20 biggest gainers (in percentage)............ 20 biggest losers (in percentage)............. FTSE IT allshare index FTSE Mib index........ FTSE Allstars index... FTSE Mid Cap index.... Block trades.......... Stories on Italy...... For pan-European market data and news, click on codes in brackets: European Equities speed guide................... FTSEurofirst 300 index.............................. DJ STOXX index...................................... Top 10 STOXX sectors........................... Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors...................... Top 10 Eurofirst 300 sectors................... Top 25 European pct gainers....................... Top 25 European pct losers........................ Main stock markets: Dow Jones............... Wall Street report ..... Nikkei 225............. Tokyo report............ FTSE 100............... London report........... Xetra DAX............. Frankfurt market stories CAC-40................. Paris market stories... World Indices..................................... Reuters survey of world bourse outlook......... Western European IPO diary.......................... European Asset Allocation........................ Reuters News at a Glance: Equities............... Main currency report:............................... Keywords: ITALY MARKETS/FACTORS (Milan newsroom, [phone], fax [phone], [e-mail]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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