Higher prices boost building group CRH as shares jump 4%

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold. Picture: Gary O' Neill

Irish building materials group CRH said it expects its earnings to grow by 10% this year as it increased prices by double-digit percentages.

Shares for the world's second-largest building materials supplier jumped 4% after it posted positive earnings in its statement for the first half of the year, despite inflation and geopolitical headwinds.