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This is a B2B Asia News Daily Update for 3 September 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. Asian stocks mostly traded in green on Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as easing tensions between the US and Iran boosted investor sentiment across the region.
- South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.86%, while the small-cap Kosdaq declined 0.19%. Japan's Nikkei 225 was largely unchanged, while the broader Topix gained 0.65% and Hang Seng futures indicated a 0.5% rise.
- Zooming in on Cambodia’s market—the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 1.53 points or 0.29% to 535.75.
- Total trade volume was up with 381,214 shares changing hands at a total value of 2.1 billion riel or over $525,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, five stocks were up, led by Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, while three stocks were down with Pestech Cambodia as the biggest loser of the day.
- Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering and Picasso City Garden were down, while JS Land stayed flat.
- Shifting to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD remained stable at 4,047 riel per US Dollar, while the US Dollar index hovered around 99.21.
- Looking at global commodities, oil prices edged lower on Thursday as investors weighed the uncertainty of renewed military strikes between the U.S. and Iran that risk disrupting supplies from the Middle East.
- Brent crude futures fell 0.6% to $95.07 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 0.6% at $90.51 US dollars. It was the first fall in four sessions for both contracts. (0752 GMT)
- Gold rose as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields eased, while investors strapped in for U.S. nonfarm payrolls data that could shape expectations for the U.S. Federal Reserve's next policy move.
- Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,422.00 US dollars per ounce after hitting a near one-month low in the previous session. U.S. gold futures gained 1.2% to $4,467.60 US dollars. (0630 GMT)
Looking at the crypto market, Bitcoin was trading at $77,755.77 US dollars, up 1.1% over 24 hours, as the broader crypto market cap sat at $2.7 trillion, roughly flat on the day with $73.5 billion dollars in trading volume. Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market has grown to 59.7%, its highest recent level. Ethereum’s dominance sits at 11.2%, while the remaining assets across the market make up 29.1% of total capitalization.
- Moving on now to other business-related news,
- The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has officially launched three new digital systems aimed at modernising public services, improving operational efficiency and making services more accessible to citizens and the private sector. The systems – launched at an official ceremony in Phnom Penh on September 3 under the presidency of H.E. Peng Ponea, Minister of Public Works and Transport – include online renewal of vehicle technical inspection certificates through partner banks, digital invoice requests, and automated road licence applications. H.E. Peng Ponea said the launch represents another achievement in the ministry’s efforts to harness digital technology to modernise public administration, improve service delivery and bring public services closer to citizens and businesses.
- Cambodia has frozen more than $300 million US dollars in bank accounts linked to online scam crimes, while 446 cases involving 3,927 suspects have been sent to court, according to a report released by the Secretariat of the Ad-Hoc Commission for Combating Online Scams (CCOS). The figures cover law enforcement operations conducted from July 2025 through August 31, 2026, as part of the national campaign to combat technology-enabled fraud and online scams in Cambodia. The Secretariat said the frozen assets include more than $300 million dollars held in bank accounts, along with other assets linked to online scam crimes that are undergoing further freezing procedures and valuation.
- Cambodia’s labour force participation rate rose to 71.6 percent in 2025, up from 69.3 percent in 2019, while the unemployment rate stood at 3.6 percent, according to the results of the Cambodia Labour Force Survey 2025 officially released by the Ministry of Planning on September 2. The survey showed that Cambodia had approximately 13.1 million people of working age in 2025, including 6.8 million women and 6.3 million men. Some 7.8 million lived in rural areas and 5.3 million in urban areas. Of the working-age population, 71.6 percent participated in the labour force, with the rate standing at 77.7 percent for men and 65.9 percent for women. The employment-to-working-age population ratio was 69.0 percent, equivalent to approximately 9.1 million people. Of those employed, 43.0 percent worked in the services sector, 29.4 percent in industry and 27.6 percent in agriculture.
Watch the 3 September 2026 Daily Update in Khmer below: