Cement prices up in AP, north, central areas

Emkay Global Financial Services has stated in its report of October that cement prices in Northern and Central region have continued to move upwards by 2.6 per cent and 4.3 per cent mom while bounce back in Andhra Pradesh has led to 4 per cent mom improvement in southern average cement prices. However eastern region prices remain flattish due to lack of demand in the ongoing festive season while prices in western region have decline by 2.9 per cent mom post a series of unusual price hikes experienced in the last quarter.