Prepolymerized catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins

The invention provides new prepolymerized catalyst components for the (co)polymerization of olefins CH 2 =CHR, wherein R is hydrogen or a C1-C12 alkyl group, characterized by comprising a solid catalyst component, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor compound chosen among alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl esters of polycarboxylic acids obtained by reacting, in the presence of said electron donor compound a titanium compound of formula Ti(OR)n-yXy, where n is the valence of titanium and y is a number between 1 and n, and R has the meaning given above, with an adduct of formula MgCl 2 €¢pROH, where p is a number between 0,1 and 6 and R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1-18 carbon atoms, said catalyst component being capable of yielding under standard propylene polymerization conditions a propylene homopolymer having an insolubility in xylene at 25°C higher than 90%, and being prepolymerized with ethylene to such an extent that the amount of the ethylene prepolymer is up to 100g per g of said solid catalyst component. These such catalyst components allow to obtain a high catalyst activity, a high isotactic index and are not affected by aging.