Cemex - July 2014
Cemex' first-half turnover improved by 5.7 per cent to US$7.737bn and EBITDA edged ahead by 1.5 per cent to US$1.27bn, while the trading profit improved by 4.5 per cent to US$721.5m. Net interest payments rose by 15.1 per cent to US$841.4m and, after other charges, there was a pretax profit of US$49.2m compared with a US$118.9m loss. At the net attributable level, the loss fell by 49.1 per cent to US$220.3m.