Reuters: Financial Services and Real Estate: Italy - Factors to watch on May 3

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Italy - Factors to watch on May 3 May 3rd 2012, 04:00 Thu May 3, 2012 12:00am EDT The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). PUBLIC FINANCES Italy posted a state sector budget defict of around 2.3 billion euros in April, narrowing sharply from a deficit of 8.8 billion euros in the same month last year, the Treasury said on Wednesday. FIAT Italy's new car sales dropped a worse-than-expected 17.9 percent in April from the same month a year ago, continuing a trend of dire figures as the country feels the squeeze from austerity measures aimed at reining in its deficit. Chrysler Group LLC's success in increasing auto sales this year will cause four of its North American assembly plants to forego the normal two-week summer shutdown this year, the company said on Wednesday. UNIPOL, FONDIARIA SAI, MEDIOBANCA , PREMAFIN Top Italian investment bank Mediobanca and insurer Unipol said on Wednesday they are ready to take whatever steps are needed, including selling share stakes, to win approval from the antitrust regulator for a merger of Unipol and Fondiaria-SAI. FINMECCANICA The air defense group presents its first quarter results on Thursday with a conference call to follow. 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...... IT-LEN 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:............................... Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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