The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.

Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).

COMPANIES

TELECOM ITALIA TLIT.MI, INWIT IWWT.MI

An Italian judge has rejected an urgent request by Italian telecom tower company to suspend Telecom Italia's withdrawal from a tower lease agreement, the company said on Monday, confirming an earlier Reuters report.

Telecom Italia expressed "satisfaction and confidence that the matter would be resolved swiftly", confirming that "it had always acted properly and in full accordance with its contractual agreements".

LEONARDO LDOF.MI

Ukraine has orderednew franco-italian air defence systems, 16 Rafale fighter jets that will operate in its skies by 2028-2029, France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, adding that Paris was licensing the production of several capabilities, including the Scalp cruise missile.

ENI ENI.MI, SERI INDUSTRIAL GROUP SERK.MI

Italian energy group and battery storage firm Seri Industrial SERK.MI announced on Monday the launch of FAENIX, a new company which will specialise in the commercial and technological development of Europe's lithium iron phosphate (LFP) stationary battery supply chain.

Oilfield services firm SLB SLB.N said on Monday its OneSubsea joint venture has won a multi-well engineering, procurement and construction contract from the Italian major for Phase 3 of the Baleine deepwater project offshore Ivory Coast.

IPO, GENS AUREA OROX.MI

Gens Aurea makes its Milan bourse debut on Tuesday

IPO, NEWCLEO

Nuclear energy startup Newcleo is pressing ahead with its plan to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange, a transaction that could provide badly needed funds for its innovative business, regulatory filings showed.

DIARY

Rome, Lebanon-Israel talks at the U.S. embassy (0800 GMT)

Rome, Automotive industry meeting at the Industry Ministry with companies, representatives of industry associations, trade unions and regions with a strong automotive presence.

Rome, annual report by Italy's telecoms regulator AGCOM to the lower house of parliament (0900 GMT)

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

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/