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

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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 0.2%. By the end of trading, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V rose 11 cents (1.2%) to $9.03 on light volume. Throughout the day, nine million shares of Cemex S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $8.85-$9.05 after having opened the day at $8.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.92. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were: Real Goods Solar (RSOL), up 6.5%, Casella Waste Systems (CWST), up 6%, Guanwei Recycling (GPRC), up 4.7%, and TRC Companies (TRR), up 4%.

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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 $9.72 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 65.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are three 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 poor profit margins.

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