(ANSA) - Trani, September 22 - Prosecutors in Trani on
Monday asked a judge to send six managers and analysts from
rating agency Standard & Poor's to trial for allegedly
deliberately misleading the market with reports on Italy between
May 2011 and January 2012. These reports include one from
January 12, 2012, in which S&P downgraded Italy's sovereign debt
rating by two notches from A to BBB+. The period under
consideration refers to the peak of the eurozone debt crisis,
when Italy looked in danger of a Greek-style financial meltdown.
Trial requested for 6 S&P managers over Italy reports-update
Suspects accused of market manipulation