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cement prices

CCP identifies key drivers behind rising cement prices

Published 28 Apr, 2026 08:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has identified heavy taxation, regulatory distortions, and...

Cement price dynamics

Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am

Cement prices have been on a whirlwind and consumers should get used to it, if they haven’t already. Once again...

Cement’s bag of magic tricks

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:28am

If there is one lesson that Pakistani companies could learn from the cement business, it is how to make money in a...

Fauji: Still mid

Published 10 Oct, 2024 08:45am

It’s Fauji’s world and we are all just living in it, pun unintended. By Fauji, we mean Fauji Cement (PSX: FCCL), and...

Kohat Cement Company Limited

Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:52am

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

Cement: No giving up

Published 08 Oct, 2024 08:58am

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

No recovery in sight

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 11:19am

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

Cement financials: All is well

Published 02 Oct, 2024 09:09am

The economy may be in dire straits but the cement industry is climbing out of its rut in a rather agreeable fashion....

Lucky Cement Limited

Published 02 Oct, 2024 09:07am

Lucky Cement Limited [PSX: LUCK] is the flagship company of Yunus Brothers Group. Incorporated in 1993, Lucky cement...

DGKC’s long game?

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:42am

Did you hear the one about DG Khan Cement (PSX: DGKC)’s impressive entry into the United States market via cement...

MLCF: Slow ascent

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:42am

In just three years, Mapleleaf Cement (PSX: MLCF) has watched its revenues double, though most of this growth came...

Aug cement despatches decline 25.68pc to 3.336m tons YoY

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

LAHORE: The unprecedented and extremely high tax measures leading to a huge increase in cement prices have caused a...

Cement: Stronger together

Published 26 Jun, 2024 07:36am

Expectedly, the Budget 2024-25 raised more indirect taxes, of which raising FED on cement is only one of the many...

Fauji Cement Company Limited

Published 20 Jun, 2024 08:27am

Fauji Cement Company Limited (PSX: FCCL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public company in 1992 and commenced its...

Cement: Cuts and scrapes

Published 10 Jun, 2024 08:23am

A 3 percent increase in sales may seem inconsequential, signaling weakness, but for the cement industry, a combined...

Cement: Nary a sign of growth

Published 06 Jun, 2024 07:08am

Latest recorded offtake for May 24 shows a marked improvement in dispatches, and not just that in the exports...

Cement’s sweltering summer

Published 31 May, 2024 09:06am

Exports may be saving the day for many cement manufacturers in FY24. The cement exports share in the total sales mix...

Cement prices: up or down?

Published 22 May, 2024 06:30am

Latest reports suggest cement prices across markets have surged by Rs20-30 per bag. This is despite no visible...

Cement prices: Damned if you don’t

Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:18am

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

Cement prices: Fast in Slovember

Published 29 Nov, 2023 08:43am

For months—and long before this fiscal year began—cement prices have soared without showing any signs of weakness or...

Flying Cement Company Limited

Published 31 Oct, 2023 08:31am

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

Cherat: Steady does it

Published 25 Oct, 2023 08:02am

Amid an economic downturn, somehow the cement industry is on a financial mend—not that cement companies did not...

Too soon to call

Published 19 Oct, 2023 08:45am

Last month, this column questioned whether the slow rise in cement offtake was an indicator that there is revival in...

Cement: Winning hand

Published 09 Oct, 2023 08:51am

There is no denying now that cement offtake is on the mend compared to last year’s bleak outlook and demand side...

Cement: Team work makes the dream work

Published 02 Oct, 2023 09:01am

In a seemingly dull year- demand-wise- marked by a 16 percent drop in cement offtake, the cement industry’s combined...

Inflation 1, construction 0

Published 25 Sep, 2023 08:59am

The trajectory of cement prices amid lacklustre demand is hard to ignore. Latest numbers from Pakistan Bureau of...

Cement: Coal shoulder

Published 25 Aug, 2023 08:30am

A significant mark down in coal being loaded at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in South Africa would have importers...

Cement: Pricing it in

Published 15 Aug, 2023 08:24am

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

Cement prices: No promises

Published 07 Jun, 2023 08:41am

Cement manufactuers have managed to keep suitably afloat against sufficiently stacked odds, massive thanks to prices...

Cement: Marching to the beat

Published 06 Apr, 2023 07:54am

March brings a more sizable turn in cement demand which—given the substantial surge in prices—could even be...

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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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