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Cement: Not a sprint

The third quarter of the fiscal year FY25 reveals why the cement business is working so remarkablywell for some...

Updated 12 May, 2025 07:34am

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Cement’s weak wins

From a market perspective, this has been an underwhelming year for the construction industry and materials...

Updated 07 May, 2025 08:30am

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Cement’s: Bright spots

There is much cause for celebration for cement companies whose combined earnings, after accounting for tax, has more...

Updated 02 May, 2025 07:59am

APCMA, cement cos: CAT asked to annul Rs6.35bn CCP penalty

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has appealed the Competition Appellate Tribunal...

Updated 25 Apr, 2025 08:44am

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Cement: Holding pattern

The grapevine has gone suspiciously quiet on the housing policy front. Only a few months ago, the Shahbaz government...

Published 10 Apr, 2025 08:46am

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March local cement despatches decline 11.31pc YoY

LAHORE: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association has claimed that local cement despatches by the industry ...

Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am

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Thatta Cement Company Limited

Thatta Cement Company Limited (PSX: THCCL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1980. The...

Published 28 Mar, 2025 07:10am

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Big fish, small fish

Cement companies are well-fed. Evidently, they weren’t just handed a fish for the day. They learned how to fish,...

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:56am

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Cement demand drag

Yet again, the power of prices (a few other factors) has enabled cement companies to turn over impressive profits...

Published 10 Mar, 2025 07:06am

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Feb cement despatches rise 6.82pc to 3.065m tons YoY

LAHORE: Domestic cement deliveries that, after many months of negative momentum, showed a month-over-month increase...

Published 05 Mar, 2025 02:51am

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Cement earnings persevere

The cement industry is returning to past financial glories in the first half of FY25, despite construction demand...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 07:16am

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Power Cement Limited

Power Cement Limited (PSX: POWER) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1981 and was...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 07:57am

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Idle kilns

Successive policy rate cuts since Jun-24 should send manufacturers in a production spree except demand is fairly...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:42am

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Flying Cement Company Limited

Flying Cement Company Limited (PSX: FLYNG) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1992. The...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:48am

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Jan cement despatches soar 11.64pc to 3.313m tons YoY

LAHORE: Local cement despatches by the industry during January 2025 were recorded at 3.313 million tons compared to...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:26am

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The second coming

Turns out, the colossal failure of the Naya Pakistan Housing Plan (NPHP) wasn’t very obvious to policymakers and...

Published 03 Feb, 2025 08:51am

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Cement price breather

Cement and steel rebar manufacturers may share the same clients, as they both serve the construction industry, but...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 07:51am

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It’s tepid times for cement

Every month, the cement manufacturers association shares the industry’s volumetric sales for public consumption, and...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 08:48am

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Marginal increase in domestic cement despatches in November

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 5.58% in November 2024. Total cement despatches during November 2024 were...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

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Pioneer: Waiting for demand

Pioneer Cement has a game plan and it involves expansions. To some, this may come across as surprising because...

Published 02 Dec, 2024 08:43am

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Cement: Of veiled truths and open secrets

Significant journalistic hours have been spent lauding the financial performance of cement companies in this column,...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 10:52am

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Cement: Redefining the game

There is nothing particularly surprising about the cement industry making reasonable earnings amid a demand drought....

Published 20 Nov, 2024 08:47am

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Cement: No cracks in profitability

It appears that the fate of the cement industry is no longer tied to how strongly the companies perform on volumes....

Published 18 Nov, 2024 08:41am

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‘Concrete’ challenges continue

Cement’s dispatch numbers for October (roughly 4.36 million tons) are rosier than expected, up nearly 9 percent year...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:27am

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Oct cement dispatches register 8.74pc increase YoY

LAHORE: Cement dispatches, both local and export, showed an increase of 8.74 percent during October 2024, when these...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

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Fauji catches up

After merging with another military-owned cement company, Fauji’s importance—and its financial performance—should...

Published 28 Oct, 2024 08:53am

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LSM: Cement pulls growth back

The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for August 2024 was down 2.65 percent year-and-year and served as an early...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:08am

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Kohat Cement Company Limited

Kohat Cement Company Limited (PSX: KOHC) was established by the State Cement Corporation of Pakistan in 1984. In...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:52am

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Cement: No giving up

It’s not just textiles, folks. The cement industry is witnessing an impressive run in expanding its exports to...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 08:58am

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No recovery in sight

Three months into the fiscal year and there doesn’t seem to be any recovery in sight for the construction industry...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 11:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 9	281.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 9	281.50
USD to Japanese Yen / May 9	145.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 9	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 9	1.33
Euro to USD / May 9	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5,659.91
India Sensex / May 9	79,454.47
Tokyo Nikkei / May 9	37,503.33
Nasdaq / May 9	17,928.92
Hang Seng / May 9	22,867.74
FTSE 100 / May 9	8,554.80
Dow Jones / May 9	41,249.38
Germany DAX 30 / May 9	23,499.32
France CAC40 / May 9	7,743.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 9	61.02
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	300,840
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 9	3,324.98
Cotton US¢/pound / May 9	66.61
Petrol/Litre / May 12	252.63
Diesel/Litre / May 12	256.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Farooque Sp. / May 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	3 ▲ 0.63 (26.58%)
Media Times Ltd / May 12 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.89 ▲ 0.38 (25.17%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.49 ▲ 0.44 (21.46%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / May 12 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	3.64 ▲ 0.64 (21.33%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / May 12 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.35 ▲ 0.58 (20.94%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / May 12 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	4.68 ▲ 0.78 (20%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 12 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	5.85 ▲ 0.97 (19.88%)
Chenab Ltd / May 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	5.93 ▲ 0.92 (18.36%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 12 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	5.20 ▲ 0.78 (17.65%)
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.67 ▲ 0.68 (17.04%)

Stock	Price
Sanghar Sugar / May 12 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	45.32 ▼ -5.04 (-10.01%)
First Fid. Leasing / May 12 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	1.83 ▼ -0.16 (-8.04%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / May 12 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	54 ▼ -1.93 (-3.45%)
OLP Fin. Services / May 12 OLP Financial Services Pakistan Limited(OLPL)	37 ▼ -0.59 (-1.57%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	42.11 ▼ -0.46 (-1.08%)
Mirpurkhas Sugar / May 12 Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills Limited(MIRKS)	27.30 ▲ 0 (0%)
Bank of Khyber / May 12 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	14.66 ▲ 0 (0%)
Service Textile / May 12 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.97 ▲ 0 (0%)
Shahtaj Textile / May 12 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	69.88 ▲ 0 (0%)
Supernet Tech. / May 12 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	780.01 ▲ 0.01 (0%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,557,660 ▲ 0.14
K-Electric Ltd. / May 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	11,080,039 ▲ 0.46
B.O.Punjab / May 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	7,462,806 ▲ 0.87
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	6,507,546 ▼ -0.46
Power Cement / May 12 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	5,787,640 ▲ 1.04
Cnergyico PK / May 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,564,158 ▲ 0.78
Pak Int.Bulk / May 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	4,224,281 ▲ 0.96
Pak Elektron / May 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	2,887,302 ▲ 3.8
Big Bird Foods / May 12 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	2,766,522 ▲ 4.44
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	2,732,599 ▲ 0.68

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