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Pioneer Cement Limited

Pioneer Cement Limited (PSX: PIOC) was set up as a public limited company in 1986. With its plants located in...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 09:36am

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Cement: Retracing steps

Last week, our analysis of the financial statements of 15 cement companies showed that the first half of the fiscal...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 07:30am

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Cement prices: End of an era?

Here’s the thing: despite yawningly weak demand that is only becoming weaker every month, the financial success of...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 06:59am

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Cement: No shrinkage yet

To say that the cement industry has managed to come out of the first half of the fiscal year 2024—a very tough...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 06:37am

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Cement: Out of proportion

Looking at February’s dispatches, cement industry may kick off the final lap of the fiscal year FY24 in a fix. With...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:14am

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Pioneer: Flying colours

It was finally time for shareholders of a certain cement company to dip into the company’s profits. In 2QFY24,...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 09:04am

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Feb cement despatches fall 19.22pc to 3.26MT YoY

LAHORE: Cement industry has urged the new government to start pending public sector development projects to provide...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

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DGKC: Rise and fall

As a major player in the cement industry with plants located in both the north and south zones, if DG Khan Cement...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 09:11am

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Keeping up with Kohat

That construction across the industry is significantly constrained is not quite reflecting in the financial...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 08:32am

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Attock Cement Pakistan Limited

Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (PSX: ACPL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 08:44am

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Cement’s count down

No amount of mental gymnastics and premeditation can prepare an economy for the political uncertainty and mayhem...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 09:04am

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Thank the Lucky stars!

Earnings that double in a year are not too shabby for any company when an economy is floundering. For Lucky Cement...

Published 30 Jan, 2024 09:05am

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Cement: Sizing it up

Though still trailing above Rs1200, average cement price across Pakistan in the last recorded week (of Jan 19) has...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:03am

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Cement: Staying alert

FY23 wasn’t a great year for the cement industry, whether it was the considerable reduction in offtake, both to...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:30am

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Cement prices: Damned if you don’t

Despite an inactive market, and uncertain demand dynamics within the construction industry, cement off-take took off...

Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:18am

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Fecto Cement Limited

Fecto Cement Limited (PSX: FECTC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The company is...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 09:00am

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Cement: Fresh strategies

After an unusual year that was FY23, the cement industry is settling back into its historic trend of balancing out...

Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:52am

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Cement: Hold fast!

Propelled uncharacteristically by vibrant exports, total cement offtake for country’s cement manufacturers combined...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 08:47am

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Cherat Packaging to sell papersack Line V for $4.7mn

Cherat Packaging Limited (CPPL), a supplier of packaging material to the country’s cement industry, has agreed to...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 11:47am

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Cement: Checking expectations

Despite a month-on-month downtick in cement industry dispatches during Oct-23 which is likely seasonal in nature, in...

Published 14 Nov, 2023 08:21am

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Cement: Pricing it in

Last week, cement prices stood close to Rs1200 per cement bag. Over the past 20 days, average cement price rose by...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 08:24am

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Hold your breath

Cement kilns in the country are cooling down, and yet, industry-wide cement sales to domestic and foreign markets...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 08:28am

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Unrelentingly Lucky

Nothing, not even an economy knee-deep into multiple crises would put a dampener on Lucky Cement’s (PSX: LUCK)...

Published 09 Aug, 2023 08:34am

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Coal cooling down

Coal demand has remained subdued amid weaker recovery in industrial activity worldwide, especially China, which has...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 10:10am

Pakistan

Economic Survey 2022-23: Pakistan’s performance explained through graphs

The government of Pakistan presented the Economic Survey 2022-23 on Thursday. Business Recorder summarises the...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 09:57pm

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Cement industry accused of not paying marking fee to PSQCA

ISLAMABAD: The cement industry is not paying the marking fee to PSQCA for the last 15 years with the outstanding ...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

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May cement despatches rise 19.41pc to 3.96m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 19.41 percent in May 2023 as total despatches during May 2023 were 3.966...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Jul-Feb LSMI output declines 5.56pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 5.56 per cent during the first...

Updated 18 Apr, 2023 09:25am

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Cement: Safe, not sorry

Even as the cement industry turns substantial profits, the threat of dampening demand looms large. In the second...

Published 04 Apr, 2023 09:21am

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Feb cement despatches decline 7.10pc to 4.348m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 7.10 percent in Feb 2023 as total despatches remained at 4.040 million tons...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:56am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.59
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.39
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	155.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
India Sensex / Apr 24	73852.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17201.27
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8040.38
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18088.70

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	82.83
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2318.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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