Operator
Operator
Good morning. Welcome to the CEMEX First Quarter 2017 Conference Call and Webcast. My name is Richard, and I'll be your operator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Our hosts for today are Fernando González, Chief Executive Officer; and Maher Al-Haffar, Executive Vice President of Investor Relations, Communications and Public Affairs. And now, I will turn the conference over to your host, Fernando González. Please proceed. Fernando Angel González Olivieri - CEMEX SAB de CV: Thank you, Richard, and good day to everyone. Thank you for joining us for our first quarter 2017 conference call and webcast. We will be happy to take your questions after our initial remarks. 2017 is off to a good start. We continue to be optimistic about the outlook for the full-year, as evidenced by positive GDP expectations and increasing cost structure in GDP, rising consumer confidence and a pickup in public spending as fiscal stimulus programs are put in place in several of our geographies. Positive cement volume expectations for 11 out of our 13 main markets, coupled with the continued favorable results of our value-before-volume strategy, should translate into increased operating EBITDA generation for the full year. Regarding our first quarter results, sequential and year-over-year pricing for our three core products increased in the low to mid-single digits. Our consolidated ready-mix and aggregate volumes increased in the mid-single digits, while our cement volumes remained flat. Favorable cement volume dynamics in Mexico, and our Europe and South, Central America and Caribbean regions, were offset by a decline in our Asia, Middle East and Africa region, reflecting adverse weather conditions in the Philippines and a decline in volumes in Egypt. As a result of our favorable volume and price performance, sales increased…