Shares of cement producers were mixed in morning trade Monday, after President Trump said over weekend that the border wall he wants could be made of steel, rather than the concrete wall he had promised during his campaign, in an effort to reach a deal to re-open the government. Among shares of the companies that were expected to benefit from a concrete wall, Cemex SAB de CV rose 0.2%, Heico Corp. slipped 0.8%, Vulcan Materials Co. rose 0.5%, CRH PLC shed 1.6% and Martin Marietta Materials Inc. eased 0.1%. Elsewhere, U.S. Concrete Inc.'s stock fell 0.9% and Summit Materials Inc. advanced 0.9%. Meanwhile, steel maker shares were also mixed, with U.S. Steel Corp. down 0.2%, AK Steel Holding Corp. trading flat%, Steel Dynamics Inc. up 0.6% and Nucor Corp. slipping 0.5%.

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. ADR

CEMEX SAB de CV engages in the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates. It operates though the following geographical segments: Mexico; United States; Europe; South, Central America and the Caribbean; Asia, Middle East and Africa; and Others. The Europe segment covers United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Czech Republic, Poland and Latvia, as well as trading activities in Scandinavia and Finland. The United States segment consists of the recognition of deferred income tax assets in CEMEX's operations. The South Central America and the Caribbean include Colombia, and the rest of South, Central America and the Caribbean such as Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean, Guatemala and small ready-mix concrete operations in Argentina. The Asia, Middle East and Africa segment includes Egypt, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Malaysia. The Others segment refers to the cement trade maritime operations, information technology solutions business, and other corporate entities as well as other minor subsidiaries with different lines of business. The company was founded by Lorenzo Zambrano Gutierrez in 1906 and is headquartered in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico. (See Full Profile)