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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 26 August 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.17 points or 0.04% and closed at 405.35.
- Total trade volume was up, with 65,617 shares changing hands at a total value of 289 million riel or nearly $72,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, two stocks were up. Leading the market was Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, up 0.74% or 100 riel to 13,700 riel per share, followed by CAMGSM, which rose 0.41% or 10 riel to 2,460 riel per share.
- On the downside, five stocks declined. The biggest loser of the day was Pestech Cambodia, dropping 5.28% or 140 riel to 2,510 riel per share. Followed by Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, which was down 0.49% or 10 riel to 2,050 riel per share. Other stocks down were Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Grand Twins International, and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.
- Meanwhile, MJQ Education and ALCEDA Bank remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering was up 0.99% or 20 riel to 2,040 riel per share, while JS Land stayed flat at 2,780 riel per share.
- ACLEDA Bank recorded the highest trade volume of the day, with 27,327 shares changing hands, at a total value of 185 million riel or over $46,000 US dollars, approximately 41% Tuesday’s trade volume.
- CAMGSM recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 15,691 shares changing hands, at a total value of 38.5 million riel or over $9,500 US dollars, about 24% of the total trade volume on August 26th.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD strengthened slightly to 4,009 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was up to 98.41.
- Looking at global commodities, Oil prices fell on Tuesday after surging nearly 2% in the previous session as traders monitor developments surrounding the war in Ukraine and potential disruption to Russian fuel supplies.
- Brent crude was down 51 cents, or 0.7%, at $68.29 US dollars a barrel, having hit its highest since early August in the previous session.
- West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost 57 cents, or about 0.9%, to $64.23 US dollars. (0810 GMT)
- Gold prices climbed to a more than two-week high, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was removing U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a move seen by many as eroding the central bank's independence and undermining confidence in U.S. assets.
- Spot gold was up 0.4% at $3,379.05 US dollars per ounce, after hitting its highest level since August 11 earlier in the session.
- U.S. gold futures for December delivery rose 0.3% to $3,425.80 US dollars. (0803 GMT)
- U.S. stock futures were lower early Tuesday adding to a slide in the major averages to start the week, after President Donald Trump removed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the board of the central bank.
- As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 107 points, or 0.24%.
- S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.23% and 0.28%, respectively.
Watch the 26 August 2025 market update in Khmer below: