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This is a B2B Asia News Daily Update for 11 June 2026, reviewing regional and global markets, and covering the daily business news you shouldn’t miss.
Watch the video in English above.
- We start with a quick look at regional markets. Asian stocks fell on Thursday after renewed US strikes on Iran pushed oil prices higher, though most benchmark indexes recouped part of their early losses after the week's sharp sell-off.
- The MSCI emerging Asia equities index was down 0.5% after falling nearly 2% earlier in the session.
- South Korea's Kospi index closed 0.5% higher, but it remains around 5% in red for the week.
- The Nikkei 225 index edged up 0.06%, recovering after tumbling as much as 2.87% earlier in the session.
- Taiwan's stocks closed slightly lower on the day, extending its weekly decline to more than 4%.
- Zooming in on Cambodia’s market—the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 2.21 points or 0.5% to 441.13. Total trade volume was down with 213,652 shares changing hands at a total value of 1.14 billion riel or nearly $285,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, no stocks were up, while four stocks were down, with Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PWSA) as the biggest loser of the day.
- Over on the growth board, all three stocks were down.
- Shifting to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD strengthened slightly to 4,026 riel per US Dollar, while the US Dollar index hovered around 100.08.
- Moving on to global commodities, oil prices fell on Thursday, following earlier gains triggered by the recent escalation of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, as traders assessed the actual impact on supply disruptions.
- Brent futures fell 0.6% to $92.57 US dollars a barrel, while U.S.
- West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost 0.4% to $89.67 US dollars. Both contracts gained more than $2 earlier in the session. (0941 GMT)
- Gold prices rose, rebounding from a six-month low, as investors covered their short positions, though concerns around higher inflation and U.S. interest rates capped gains.
- Spot gold rose 0.6% to $4,097.01 US dollars per ounce, after hitting its lowest point since November 21 earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures for August delivery were down 0.4% at $4,118 US dollars. (0836 GMT)
Looking at the crypto market, Bitcoin briefly broke below $60,000 this week for the first time since 2024 and changed hands at $62,623 US dollars on Thursday, up 1.9% on the day but lower over the week, with a record run of ETF outflows still pulling money out.
- Moving on now to other business-related news,
- Cambodia’s Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, H.E. Heng Sour, visited prominent technical training centres in Switzerland to study the country's vocational education model and accelerate the modernisation of Cambodia’s skills development programmes. On June 10, Minister Heng Sour toured the SPARK Campus Innovation and Training Centre, the FORPRO Watchmaking School, and an automotive maintenance facility. The visits took place on the sidelines of the 114th International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. During the tour, the Minister examined Switzerland's innovative approach to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), reviewing state-of-the-art equipment used for advanced technology, precision watchmaking, and automotive maintenance engineering.
- Cambodia’s exports continued to show strong momentum in the first five months of 2026, reaching $14.04 billion US dollars, up 19 percent from $11.8 billion US dollars during the same period last year, according to a report released by the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) on June 10. The United States remained Cambodia’s largest export market, accounting for more than 40 percent of the country’s total exports, followed by Vietnam and China. Japan and Canada also remained important destinations.
- ASEAN and China have launched two major initiatives aimed at enhancing cultural exchange, digital cooperation, and people-to-people connectivity, marking a significant step forward in their growing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The new programmes—the ASEAN-China Social Media Content Creators Programme and the 2026 ASEAN-China Youth Cultural Heritage Tour Series—were officially unveiled during the 2026 ASEAN-China Media Cooperation Forum held in China’s Liaoning Province on June 9. Leadership attending the event highlighted the vital role of media organisations in fostering mutual understanding and strengthening people-to-people ties. They expressed confidence that deeper media cooperation would help create a positive public opinion environment that supports broader ASEAN-China collaboration.
Watch the 11 June 2026 Daily Update in Khmer below: