Cement Stocks: Cemex SAB de CV (NYSE:CX), Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP), Texas Industries (NYSE:TXI), CRH PLC (NYSE:CRH), Cementos Pacasmayo (NYSE:CPAC)

Cemex SAB de CV (NYSE:CX) was upgraded by equities researchers at Sterne Agee from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Wednesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE:CX) stock opened at $13.03 in last trading session, and closed at $12.98, trading in the range of $12.79 – $13.11. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -0.76%.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) CFO Dale Craig Kesler unloaded 5,000 shares of Eagle Materials stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.47, for a total transaction of $452,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 57,629 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,213,696. Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) shares closed at $90.88 on last trade day, by gaining 0.98%. Stock 52 week range is $60.25 – $91.50. Company’s market capitalization is $4.54 billion.

Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TXI) average recommendation is hold with average Target Price of $73.75. Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TXI) stock advanced 2.40% and finished the last session at $86.46. The EPS of the stock remained -0.36. Company’s market capitalization is $2.47 billion.

CRH plc  (ADR) (NYSE:CRH)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by analysts at Deutsche Bank in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, American Banking News.com reports. CRH PLC (ADR) (NYSE:CRH) shares closed at $28.56 on last trade day, by decreasing -1.86%. Stock 52 week range is $19.46 – $30.06. Company’s market capitalization is $20.99 billion.

Credit Suisse initiated coverage on shares of Cementos Pacasmayo (NASDAQ:CPAC) in a research note released on Friday morning, Analyst RN reports. The firm issued an outperform rating on the stock. Cementos Pacasmayo ADR (NYSE:CPAC) stock opened at 9.32 in last trading session and closed at $9.21. The 52 week range of the stock is $8.50 – $15.61 and the day range was $9.10 – $9.40.