China National Building Material Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2019. For the period, the company expects profit attributable to equity holders of the Group will increase by over 50% as compared with that of the same period in 2018. The above expected increase, which is attributable to the principal business of the Group, is mainly due to the substantial increase in the fair value of financial assets recognized at fair value through profit or loss of the Group and the increase in the price and sales volume of cement, being the major product of the Group.