(Reuters) - Kering SA , the parent company of Gucci and Balenciaga, has held exploratory talks with Moncler SpA about a deal to buy the Italian apparel company, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.Moncler had a market valuation of about 9.8 billion euros as of Wednesday's close on the Milan Stock Exchange.The talks held were preliminary and there is no certainty it would lead to a deal, the report..