Cement makers such as UltraTech, Shree Cement and JK Lakshmi, which have cost-efficient operations, are likely to emerge as beneficiaries. Synopsis Demand from the housing sector, which forms two-thirds of the total demand for cement, has not improved materially. Therefore, there is still high dependence on government-funded infrastructure projects. ET Intelligence Group: Cement prices remained … Read more
Most analysts and experts are predicting the government would go heavy on infrastructure in the upcoming Budget to drive the overall growth of the economy. “We believe the government might prefer to increase spending on infrastructure which could have a multiplier effect on the economy,” Umang Papneja, CEO, Julius Baer India, told ET Markets. Money … Read more
The larger question here is that do people believe that the business model of , the digital payment bank and do they have the execution capability to turn it around using the underlying data base to sell loan products, to sell wealth brokerage, mutual funds so on and so forth says Hemang Jani, Equity Strategist … Read more
Brokerages have remained majorly positive on the cement pack, expecting companies to report decent growth in volumes, revenue and profit after tax (PAT) in the September quarter of the current fiscal year. However, the second is traditionally a soft quarter for cement producers from the demand point of view, considering the fact that monsoon hits … Read more