22 January 2026 - Daily Update - B2B Asia News

This is a B2B Asia News Daily Update for 22 January 2026, reviewing regional and global markets, and covering the daily business news you shouldn’t miss. 

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• We start with a quick look at regional markets. Most Asian stocks rose on Thursday, tracking overnight gains in Wall Street as investors welcomed cooling tensions over U.S. demands for Greenland. South Korea’s KOSPI remained the standout performer in Asia, rising over 2% to a record high. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped nearly 2%, while the broader TOPIX added about 1%. Chinese indexes lagged, with the Mainland Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 and Shanghai Composite indexes moved in a tight range, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.1%.
• Zooming in on Cambodia’s market—the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.24 points or 0.06%, to 424.17. Total trade volume was up with 102,082 shares changing hands at a total value of 662.9 million riel, nearly $165,000 US dollars.
• On the main board, three stocks were up, led by Pestech Cambodia, while two stocks were down, with ACLEDA Bank as the biggest loser of the day. Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering stayed flat while JS Land and Picasso City Garden were down.
• Shifting to the exchange rate, the KHR weakened slightly to 4,030 riel per US Dollar, while the US Dollar Index was slightly up from our last report to 98.75.
• Turning to global commodities, oil prices slipped on Thursday after gaining in previous sessions, as investors assessed the supply and demand outlook. Brent crude was down 0.43% at $64.96 US dollars a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate for March declined 0.31% to $60.43 US dollars a barrel. (0749 GMT)
• Gold steadied after a more than 1% fall earlier in ‌the session. Spot gold was steady at $4,836.09 US dollars per ounce, after scaling a record peak of $4,887.82 US dollars in the previous session. U.S. gold futures for February delivery ‌also traded flat at $4,838.60 US dollars per ounce. (0740 GMT)
• Moving on now to other business-related news,
  The Annual CEO & Entrepreneur Summit 2026 kicked off at the SUN & MOON Riverside Hotel in Phnom Penh on January 22, bringing together business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs from across the region and beyond to explore investment opportunities and industrial partnerships in Cambodia. Opening the summit, His Excellency Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation, highlighted Cambodia’s growing role as a competitive manufacturing and investment hub amid regional supply-chain reconfiguration, emphasising the country’s focus on resilience, sustainability, and higher-value production.
• The Ministry of Economy and Finance released an announcement on January 22, notifying all property owners and members of the public that stamp duty exemptions and concessions for the transfer of ownership or possession of real estate valued at less than, equal to, or greater than $70,000 dollars and $210,000 dollars have been extended until December 31, 2026.
• According to data and analysis provided by Casey Barnett, President of AmCham Cambodia and CamEd Business School, U.S. exports to the Kingdom rose by 96 per cent year-on-year between August and December 2025. This growth followed Cambodia’s decision in August 2025 to grant duty-free access to all US-made goods. U.S. exports saw increases in 54 out of 85 product categories. Most prominent was a nine-fold rise in refined petroleum products, a trend driven by Cambodia’s strategic need to diversify its energy sources away from imports from Thailand in light of the border conflict.

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