By Sara Rossi MILAN, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Italian small savers showed healthy appetite for a retail bond offered by the Treasury this week, boosting Rome's efforts to manage its huge debt pile. The Treasury raised 16.6 billion euros ($19.36 billion) from a seven-year "BTP Valore" bond for retail investors only which was sold from Monday to Friday, Bourse data showed. The response from households and non-financial firms was stronger than in two similar sales held earlier this year. The Treasury raised 14.9 billion euros from an 8-year "BTP Plus" bond in February and 6.53 billion from an inflation-linked "BTP Italia" note in May. "The final demand has clearly surpassed expectations, retail investors are reaffirming their enthusiasm for bonds designed specifically for them," said Federica De Gi

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