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Of delusions of grandeur

Some statements made by industry leaders should come with a trigger warning. So fare warnings, readers: ridiculous...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:47am

Business & Finance

Tax reductions can help boost sales: APCMA: Dec domestic cement despatches fall 4.76pc YoY

LAHORE: Referring to a 4.76 percent decline in domestic cement despatches during the month of December 2024, the All...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 07:28am

BR Research

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

Business & Finance

$500mn earned through export of surplus sugar, says PM Shehbaz

Premier calls for measures to improve taxation system

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 11:02pm

BR Research

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

Business & Finance

Thatta Cement rejects ‘abrupt shutdown’ claims, says plant remains fully operational

Thatta Cement Company Limited (THCCL) categorically rejected claims made by a competitor alleging an abrupt shutdown...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 05:22pm

Markets

Expanding renewables: Kohat Cement installs 5.34 MW solar power plant

Kohat Cement Company Limited (KOHC) has installed and commissioned a 5.34 MW on-grid solar power plant. The cement...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 03:31pm

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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

Hefty penalty imposed on manufacturer: FBR begins scrutinising cement sector

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started scrutinizing the cement sector after imposing a hefty...

Updated 29 Oct, 2024 09:29am

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Fauji catches up

After merging with another military-owned cement company, Fauji’s importance—and its financial performance—should...

Published 28 Oct, 2024 08:53am

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LSM: Cement pulls growth back

The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for August 2024 was down 2.65 percent year-and-year and served as an early...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:08am

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Cement’s bag of magic tricks

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

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:28am

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Kohat Cement Company Limited

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

Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:52am

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Cement: No giving up

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

Published 08 Oct, 2024 08:58am

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No recovery in sight

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

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 11:19am

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Cement financials: All is well

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

Published 02 Oct, 2024 09:09am

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DGKC’s long game?

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

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:42am

Markets

KSE-100 posts highest-ever earnings of Rs1.7trn

KARACHI: The KSE-100 index companies posted highest-ever earnings of Rs 1.7 trillion up 25 percent on year-on-year...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

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MLCF: Slow ascent

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

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:42am

Business & Finance

Aug cement despatches decline 25.68pc to 3.336m tons YoY

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

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

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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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Cement: Stronger together

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

Published 26 Jun, 2024 07:36am

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Fauji Cement Company Limited

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

Published 20 Jun, 2024 08:27am

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Cement: Cuts and scrapes

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

Published 10 Jun, 2024 08:23am

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Cement: Nary a sign of growth

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

Published 06 Jun, 2024 07:08am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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