I always find it interesting when a sector under performs when the markets are doing well.
Cement has been the big underperformer of 2013 so far as can be seen from the table below (Close of 31 Dec,2012-Close of 15 Jan 2013):
| Company | Rise/Decline in % |
| BIRLACORPN | 7.083471899 |
| NCLIND | 4.485488127 |
| ANDHRACEMT | 3.333333333 |
| BURNPUR | 2.325581395 |
| OCL | 1.061712011 |
| KAKATCEM | -0.777047221 |
| AMBUJACEM | -1.443504231 |
| PRISMCEM | -2.104208417 |
| SANGHIIND | -2.232142857 |
| BINANIIND | -2.372262774 |
| SHREECEM | -2.56092835 |
| INDIACEM | -2.916895982 |
| ACC | -3.05823209 |
| ULTRACEMCO | -3.310174697 |
| BVCL | -3.553299492 |
| HEIDELBERG | -3.726708075 |
| MADRASCEM | -5.571370476 |
| GUJSIDHCEM | -5.576208178 |
| JKCEMENT | -6.493686693 |
| KCP | -7.3089701 |
| CHETTINAD | -8.026554013 |
| SAGCEM | -8.631977946 |
| DECCANCE | -8.787878788 |
| MANGLMCEM | -10.45679692 |
| JKLAKSHMI | -12.22531724 |