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cement industry

Cement finds its footing, but not its stride

Updated 01 Jul, 2026 06:38am

Pakistan’s cement industry is ending FY26 on a firmer footing. Total dispatches are estimated to reach just over 50...

Cement’s long shadow

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Pakistan’s cement industry is enjoying a return to growth. After three years of subdued activity, total cement...

Cement: Growth meets margin pressure

Published 11 May, 2026 05:59am

Cement industry sees 10% volume growth but flat profits, as soft prices and cost pressures erode margins, testing future pricing discipline.

Cement industry: Cartels without consequences

Updated 10 May, 2026 08:15am

Decades of cement cartelization in Pakistan expose regulatory failure, as enforcement delays allow price manipulation to harm the economy and consumers.

Cement: Cooling margins

Published 13 Mar, 2026 06:12am

The second quarter of FY26 shows a cement industry that has not fully benefitted from growing domestic demand....

Cement kilns heat up at home

Updated 12 Mar, 2026 09:32am

The fiscal year so far has been shaping up to be one that would put the cement industry much ahead of not only its...

Jan cement despatches up 12.54pc YoY

Published 04 Feb, 2026 05:49am

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 12.54 percent in January 2026 as total cement despatches during the month...

BR RESEARCH: Cement industry: Discipline over ‘Luck’

Updated 29 Jan, 2026 07:50am

Cement industry is coming off of the tailwinds of an export bonanza and companies that profited off of that by...

BR RESEARCH: Cement industry finally finds pulse

Updated 04 Dec, 2025 07:32am

After two years of slog, Pakistan’s cement industry is showing the first signs of a pulse. Five months into the...

Cement industry: Slump continues for third consecutive month

Published 03 Dec, 2025 05:59am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s cement industry recorded another month of weakening exports, marking the third consecutive...

Shaking off

Published 06 Nov, 2025 06:14am

Pakistan’s cement industry may be staging a quiet comeback. Four months into FY26, total cement offtake has ...

Fauji Cement, KAPCO to jointly acquire majority stake in Attock Cement

Published 03 Nov, 2025 01:04pm

Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to jointly acquire a...

Mixed fortunes

Updated 03 Nov, 2025 08:20am

As the cement sector’s financial scorecard for the first quarter of FY26 (1QFY26) fills out, a clearer picture has...

Cement: Set in stone

Updated 03 Oct, 2025 08:13am

Cement demand is making a quiet return, despite floods wreaking havoc across most regions. In the first quarter of...

Cement: Margins, scale and the middle ground

Published 29 Aug, 2025 05:52am

In a game of profitability vs. efficiency, scale always wins. In FY25, the cement industry is entering an earnings...

Higher cement prices help India’s UltraTech beat earnings estimates

Published 21 Jul, 2025 05:55pm

UltraTech Cement, India’s largest cement maker by capacity, posted first-quarter earnings above market expectations...

Cement’s concrete plans

Updated 18 Jul, 2025 09:03am

At record low capacity utilization, trailing somewhere below 53 percent, the cement industry is set to grow profits...

Tide turning?

Published 10 Jul, 2025 05:59am

For the past three years, cement industry has been at a demand standstill With domestic demand markedly falling each...

FBR fixes MRP of cement

Updated 01 Jul, 2025 09:35am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has fixed the minimum retail price of cement to ensure accurate...

KP govt, cement industry agree to increase cement royalty

Published 06 Jun, 2025 06:10am

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and cement industry have agreed on increasing cement royalty per ton ...

Cement’s: Bright spots

Updated 02 May, 2025 07:59am

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

ST payment: FBR fixes MRP of cement

Updated 30 Apr, 2025 08:44am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has fixed minimum retail price of cement for the purpose of payment of...

Cement: Holding pattern

Published 10 Apr, 2025 08:46am

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

March local cement despatches decline 11.31pc YoY

Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am

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

Thatta Cement Company Limited

Published 28 Mar, 2025 07:10am

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

Big fish, small fish

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:56am

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

Cement demand drag

Published 10 Mar, 2025 07:06am

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

Cement earnings persevere

Published 04 Mar, 2025 07:16am

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

Lucky: Staying guarded

Published 27 Feb, 2025 08:01am

As the biggest and most successful cement manufacturer in the country, Lucky Cement (PSX: LUCK) always has a game...

Power Cement Limited

Published 27 Feb, 2025 07:57am

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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