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This is a B2B Asia News Daily Update for 25 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 equities surged on Thursday after strong earnings and forecasts from chip giants helped alleviate some concerns over the red-hot AI rally that has pushed global stocks to record highs.
- MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.3% higher in early trading.
- Japan’s Nikkei rose over 2% while South Korea’s KOSPI gained 5.5%.
- Zooming in on Cambodia’s market—the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.02 points to 447.31. Total trade volume was up with 440,211 shares changing hands at a total value of 1.33 billion riel or close to $334,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, three stocks were up, led by CAMGSM while three stocks were down, with MJQ Education as the biggest loser of the day. Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering and Picasso City Garden were up, while JS Land was down.
- Shifting to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD remained stable at 4,024 riel per US Dollar, while the US Dollar index hovered around 101.53.
- Moving on to global commodities, oil prices fell on Thursday to levels last seen before the start of the Iran war as expectations of rising supply from the Middle East outweighed demand concerns.
- Prompt-month Brent crude futures for August delivery were down 1.46% to $72.66 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate lost 1.19% to $69.50 US dollars a barrel. (0952 GMT )
- Gold prices steadied but lingered near a more than seven-month low touched in the previous session, as expectations of U.S. interest rate hikes weighed on the precious metal. Spot gold held its ground at $3,999.33 US dollars per ounce.
- U.S. gold futures for August delivery edged 0.2% lower to $4,014.90 US dollars. (0843 GMT)
Looking at the crypto market, Bitcoin climbed back above $60,000 after markets closed, but bullish AI sentiment will ultimately pull more liquidity away from crypto.
- Moving on now to other business-related news,
- EuroCham Cambodia and the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), convened the 4th Cambodia-Europe Public-Private Sector Dialogue on June 23, bringing together committee members, senior government officials, European diplomats, and private sector leaders to advance a concrete reform agenda spanning taxation, trade facilitation, green supply chains, healthcare, and regulatory simplification. The session was presided over by H.E. Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairperson of the CDC; Tassilo Brinzer, Chairperson of EuroCham Cambodia; and Andreas Berg, Deputy Head of Mission of the European Union Delegation to Cambodia, with discussions centering around resolve, partially resolved and ongoing policy items. Both sides demonstrated a commitment to maintaining technical-level engagement on all open items ahead of the next public-private sector dialogue.
- Cambodia's national document verification platform, verify.gov.kh, developed by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, has been recognised with a 2026 UN Public Service Award under the category of “Transparent and accountable public institutions to achieve the SDGs”, becoming one of 12 winners out of 700 applicants from 62 countries. The award was presented to Cambodia at the 2026 UN Public Service Awards Ceremony hosted in Georgia on June 25. According to a press release issued by the United Nations, this year’s awardees are being recognised for implementing new solutions to provide public services to people at the national or sub-national level, responding to multiple challenges and enhancing the capabilities of public administrations while advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
- H.E. Dr. Chea Serey, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, met with the mission team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on June 24, wherein the IMF team briefed the Governor on the objectives of their annual mission. The Governor and the IMF Mission Chief exchanged views on recent developments in the economic and financial situation, current challenges, and the measures implemented by the National Bank of Cambodia to maintain banking system stability and support sustainable economic growth. During the meeting, the IMF Chief for Cambodia also outlined the objectives of this year's mission team and reaffirmed the IMF's continued support for Cambodia through the provision of technical assistance and human resource capacity building.
Watch the 25 June 2026 Daily Update in Khmer below: