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Borrowing without boom

Amid a 15 percent decline in domestic demand, considerably limited utilization of existing capacity, and no major...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 09:01am

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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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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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Fecto Cement Limited

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

Published 20 Nov, 2024 08:44am

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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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Cherat Cement Company Limited

Cherat Cement Company Limited (PSX: CHCC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 09:34am

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Cherat’s turnaround

Cherat cement (PSX: CHCC) has certainly come a long way in the outgoing fiscal year from just five years ago in FY20...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 07:45am

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Trickling down

Amid surge pricing, cement demand cannot help but respond. Higher and fresh taxes introduced in the budget have sent...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 07:42am

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Lucky: Bigger leagues

It is not just that Lucky’s revenue streams have now crossed Rs100 billion, because so has Bestway’s, the other...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 08:10am

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Calm down!

Cement dealers are irate. The association representing cement dealers went on a strike after the government...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 07:27am

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Dandot Cement Limited

Dandot Cement Limited (PSX: DNCC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1980 and began its...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 08:14am

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Cement prices soar

After months of staying in the Rs1200 range, in just the past two weeks, cement prices quietly jumped a few steps...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 09:03am

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Cement: No pressure!

At last, the fiscal year that would go down in history as one of the gloomiest years for the economy and a...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:31am

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June cement despatches decline 12.58pc to 3.55m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 12.58% in the month of June 2024, as the total despatches were recorded at...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 07:35am

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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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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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Cherat: Rain in a drought

What would lead to the highest-ever quarterly earnings for a cement manufacturer like Cherat Cement (PSX: CHCC)?...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 08:29am

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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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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