CRH, Applegreen, Smurfit Kappa top Davy investment list

Dalata, Kingspan return to stock picks list for 2018

CRH said to be mulling bid for South African cement company

The company, PPC, has a market value of €689m

C&C and Bank of Ireland fall amid sterling weakness

PTSB down 0.9 per cent following ECB fine as Iseq declines for third time in four sessions

Even as CRH shuns Trump’s border wall, others line up

Cantillon: Heidelberg Cement looks to profit, but wall’s biggest winner may surprise

European stocks complete longest streak of rises since October

Dublin bucks upward trend as Iseq heavyweight CRH falls 2%

CRH soars to nine-year high on Euro Stoxx 50 move speculation

Shares in building materials group rise 4.3 per cent in early trading

LafargeHolcim looks to cement its position with more asset sales

Earnings rise 2.6% as world’s largest cement company focuses on pricing and profitability

CRH circles Belgian assets of German rival HeidelbergCement

Irish group had signalled its interest in the assets in April

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LafargeHolcim to boost prices and curb spending

Cement maker reports €2.6bn loss in Q4 but chief expects firm will make net profit in 2016

HeidelbergCement dividend at highest level since 2007

Germany-based cement maker expects the acquisition of Italcementi to close this year

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CRH expected to bid for India’s Jaiprakash cement business

Iseq heavyweight among those set to submit bits for business in deal valued at about $3bn

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HeidelbergCement to buy rival Italcementi for €3.7 billion

Deal represents HeidelbergCement’s biggest since the £7.9bn acquisition of Hanson

Global markets remain volatile amid bond sell-off and UK poll

Strong punts on Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa sees Iseq outperform European rivals

Spike in bond yields sees Irish borrowing costs hit 2015 high

Swift sell-off in bonds catches most investors by surprise

European stocks headed toward their highest level since 2000

US Federal Reserve says data indicated economic growth has moderated

Markets relax as ECB promises more help

Iseq is up 0.3% and national benchmark indexes rise in 13 of 18 European markets

Swiss firm Holcim gets more than 60 bids for sale of assets

Company needs to offload assets to secure regulatory approval for Lafarge merger

Indian billionaire joins race for assets sought by CRH

But Birla not interested in Holcim/Lafarge operations in developed markets

Hard times for China’s cement industry

Cement output grew 3.6 per cent in the first half of this year

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Lafarge and Holcim cement $55bn merger deal

Merger achieved by Holcim buying Lafarge would be cement industry’s biggest tie-up

European shares end flat as boost from ECB rate cut offset by funding concerns for smaller banks

Euro falls 1% to seven-week low against dollar as European Central Bank reduces rates to record low

HeidelbergCement hurt by weaker currencies in emerging markets

Ecocem to sue after Belgian ruling

Competition authority decision opens the way for €40 damages case against top cement companies

Clouds gather over European bourses as the US sees a silver lining

Wall Street stocks rose after a four-day dip on the back of better-than-expected results from some well-known retailers

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