Cemex S.A.B. De C.V. (CX): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V (CX) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V rose 10 cents (1.4%) to $7.35 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.4 million shares of Cemex S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $7.24-$7.42 after having opened the day at $7.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $7.25. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were: Real Goods Solar (RSOL), up 6.5%, Heckmann (HEK), up 6%, Gafisa (GFA), up 5.4%, and Beazer Homes USA (BZH), up 4.7%.

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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, distribution, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials worldwide. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $7.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 28.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Cemex S.A.B. de C.V a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Cemex S.A.B. de C.V as a sell. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been an overall disappointing return on equity.

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