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 (*).
ECONOMY
National statistics institute ISTAT releases May wage inflation data (0800 GMT).
Treasury announces sale of BOTs, short-term bills, with relative amounts to be auctioned on June 26.
STOCK MARKET
Milan Stock Exchange rebalances FTSE/MIB Index; expiry date for Index Futures.
COMPANIES
MEDIOBANCA
Investment bank Mediobanca turned its back on half a century of dominance over some of Italy's biggest corporate names by agreeing to sell nearly all its strategic stakes, a move that will push it into the red this year.
GENERALI
Mediobanca said under its new plan it would reduce by 3 percent its 13.2 percent stake in the insurer.
* FIAT
Il Sole 24 Ore said a U.S. court's decision on the price the car maker will pay to buy the 41.5 percent stake in Chrysler held by Veba could take longer than expected.
ATLANTIA, GEMINA
Gemina said on Thursday its board sees no need to change terms of its merger with motorway group Atlantia because of an 800 million-euro claim from Italy's environment ministry.
ERG
Its LUKERG Renew joint venture with Lukoil had agreed to buy two wind farms in Romania and Bulgaria for a total enterprise value of around 127 million euros.
IMPREGILO
The boards of Impregilo and Salini are due to approve terms of their planned merger on Monday, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, paving the way to create a group with 7 billion euros in sales by 2015.
MONTE PASCHI
Fitch has confirmed its 'BBB' rating on the bank, keeping a negative outlook.
RCS MEDIAGROUP
Il Sole 24 Ore said its largest investor Giuseppe Rotelli sold all its rights to subscribe to the publisher's rights issue on Thursday.
EXOR
Last trading day of preference and savings shares.
GABETTI
The real estate company has signed a debt restructuring deal with all creditor banks as part of its 2013-2016 business plan, it said in a statement on Thursday.
POPOLARE DELL'EMILIA ROMAGNA
The cooperative lender is not considering any capital increase, a source at the bank said on Thursday.
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