CRH: Irish building supplies giant upgrades guidance as profit ticks up Business Irish building materials giant CRH has upgraded its guidance for 2024 after its profit ticked up in its second quarter as a string of acquisitions helped to offset the impact of wet weather. The firm, which is headquartered in Dublin and switched it’s primary listing from London to New York last year, said it now expects to [...]
CRH: Building giant unveils fresh £239m buyback as profit rises Building Irish building materials firm CRH has unveiled a fresh buyback to reward investors following a rise in profit at the start of 2024.
Building materials firm CRH hits record high after announcing new £236m buyback Construction CRH switched its primary listing from London to New York in September
FTSE 100 roundup: Today’s winners and losers November 16, 2018 The FTSE 100 lost ground today, down 5.31 points at 7,032.70 just before markets closed after a turbulent start to the day when it lost as much as 0.8 per cent. All week markets have been reacting to the political fallout from Brexit as the FTSE 100 wiped out gains made late last week. Top 5 FTSE [...]
CRH share price dives as doubts of Holcim-Lafarge merger hit Irish firm March 9, 2015 Shares in Irish building supplies company CRH plummeted yesterday amid reports that a merger between Swiss cement maker Holcim and its French counterpart Lafarge could fall apart. The fears arose after Holcim’s largest stakeholder, Thomas Schmidheiny, who owns about 20 per cent of the company, demanded a better deal, according to Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung. [...]
CRH share prices rises as Irish aggregates firm nets Holcim Lafarge assets February 2, 2015 Irish building materials group CRH’s deal to buy the assets being offloaded by cement firms Holcim and Lafarge ahead of their planned merger was “too good to turn down”, the company’s chief executive Albert Manifold said yesterday. CRH announced on Sunday that it had entered into a binding commitment with Holcim and Lafarge to acquire [...]
Aggregates firm CRH lifts FTSE as oil drama goes on – London Report February 2, 2015 Irish building supplies groups CRH offset a drop in airlines after Ryanair warned on its profit outlook to push the FTSE index higher yesterday. Shares in CRH, one of the top gainers in the FTSE 100 index , rose 7.2 per cent after the company said it had agreed to pay €6.5bn (£4.9bn) for assets [...]