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Cement: July may set the tone

Updated 04 Aug, 2025 08:13am

No start of the fiscal year has been this good for the cement industry as this July, at least in recent history....

Cement woes

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 08:17am

This was a challenging year for the cement industry, mostly because of absent domestic demand. In 11MFY25, sales...

Cement: Checking expectations

Published 14 Nov, 2023 08:21am

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

Something wicked this way comes

Published 24 Jul, 2023 08:40am

What should the outlook of an industry whose demand has plunged 16 percent over the year—capacity utilization of...

Cement: Prices reign supreme

Published 11 Jul, 2023 09:33am

The fiscal year (FY23) wraps with the price of a 50-kg cement bag standing tall at an average Rs1145, highest...

Cement still in check

Published 07 Jul, 2023 09:27am

Costly construction and declining consumer buying power, together with cuts in public sector spending has dampened...

Cement exports: Sitting with discomfort

Published 27 Jun, 2023 09:08am

It is in rare cases when exports in Pakistan come to the rescue, but for the well-established cement industry of the...

Cement: Price and priorities

Published 22 May, 2023 08:46am

Even as Pakistani cement is free-falling to at least a 5-year low, and capacities are increasing, there are no signs...

Cement: April fools

Published 08 May, 2023 09:26am

This is not a drill. For months now, cement demand has remained subdued, more each passing month. In April, the...

Cement: Better days

Published 17 Apr, 2023 08:39am

Cement prices have soared nearly 45 percent in the Jul-Mar period of this fiscal year compared to the same period...

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...

Cement prices in flux

Published 05 Apr, 2023 08:53am

In the week following the government’s proposal to raise FED on cement and sales tax across the board, cement...

Cement: Safe, not sorry

Published 04 Apr, 2023 09:21am

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

Cement: Sorry tale

Published 07 Feb, 2023 09:17am

Cement offtake has remained weak for the most part this year as construction demand has taken a significant hit this...

Cement’s many silver linings

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 09:15am

Cement offtake in the period 7MFY23 has dropped 18 percent cumulatively from last year, which is not a subtle drop ...

Cement: Demand scenarios

Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:38am

The cement industry has seen a few dramatic ups and downs over the past two or so years, hitting close to 5 million...

Cement: Balancing act

Published 28 Dec, 2022 09:19am

The cement industry is closing off the year at record high prices in both the north and south markets despite cement...

Being Lucky

Published 23 Dec, 2022 08:42am

Amid plunging volumes, cement manufacturers have continued their plans to bring new capacities online to meet the...

It’s all about prices

Published 09 Dec, 2022 08:50am

One could cite a wide range of reasons for cement offtake plunging 22 percent in the Jul-Nov period (year on...

Cement: Slowember season

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 10:06am

November has rolled in with few celebrations on the demand front for cement manufacturers. But nothing out of...

Cement: Winning a losing game

Published 02 Dec, 2022 08:38am

How does a 25 percent drop in offtake—which is the biggest drop the industry has witnessed in over a...

Cement exports: Small wins?

Published 22 Nov, 2022 09:13am

The decline in construction activity is very evident. Caused not just by the massive cross-country floods but also...

Cement: Turbulence ahead

Published 12 Oct, 2022 08:57am

In September, cement offtake numbers almost look like they are coming back to normal, standing at higher than the...

Construction: Fight or flight mode on

Published 06 Oct, 2022 07:54am

Long steel makers are urging the SBP to cut interest rates urgently so that steel manufacturers slipping into...

Lucky’s charm

Published 11 Aug, 2022 10:20am

The cement industry spent most, if not all, of the outgoing year firefighting; watching export markets dry up and...

Cement: Crash and burn

Published 04 Aug, 2022 09:02am

Though not entirely unexpected, the fall of cement volumes in Jul-22, the first month of the fiscal year, is ...

Cement: Impending doom

Published 02 Aug, 2022 08:49am

Estimates for cement offtake in Jul-22 suggest massive decline during the month compared to last year. But this is...

Cement prices: Running up the hill

Published 14 Jul, 2022 09:23am

There is no stopping cement prices. Last month, the average price of a bag carrying 50-kg of cement crossed Rs1000 ...

Fecto Cement Limited

Published 22 Jun, 2022 09:21am

Fecto Cement Limited (PSX: FECTC) was set up in 1981 as a public limited company under the repealed Companies Act,...

Flying Cement Company Limited

Published 21 Jun, 2022 09:21am

Flying Cement Company Limited (PSX: FLYNG) was set up in 1992 as a public limited company under the Companies...

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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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