4 April 2025 - Market Update - B2B Cambodia

This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 4 April 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.

Watch the video in English above.

• The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 1.09 points or 0.27% to 406.73. 
• Total trade volume was down with 29,503 shares changing hands at a total value of 163.5 million riel or nearly $41,000 US dollars. 
• On the main board, only one stock was up. The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority rose 0.32% or 20 riel to 6,300 riel per share. 
• On the other hand, 6 stocks were down. The biggest loser of the day was Pestech Cambodia, down 1.89% or 50 riel to 2,600 riel per share, followed by Grand Twins International, which dropped 1.23% or 80 riel to 6,400 riel per share. Other stocks also down were the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, and Acleda Bank. Meanwhile, MJQ Education and CAMGSM remained flat. 
• Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering was up 0.48% or 10 riel to 2,100 riel per share, while JS Land dropped 0.64% or 20 riel to 3,090 riel per share. 
   
• Acleda Bank recorded the highest trade volume of the day with 16,008 shares changing hands at a total value of 112 million riel or over $28,000 US dollars, about 54% of Friday’s trade volume. 
• MJQ Education recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 2,892 shares changing hands at a total value of 6 million riel or over $1,500 US dollars, approximately 10% of Friday’s trade volume. 
   
• Moving on to the exchange rate, the KHR to USD weakened slightly t0 4,002 riel per USD, while the USD index was marginally up to 102.52.
   
• Looking at global commodities, oil prices were heading towards their lowest close since the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 on Friday, hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's barrage of new tariffs and output increases announced by the OPEC+ producer group.
• Brent futures plummeted by $2.29 dollars, or 3.3%, to $67.85 US dollars a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dived by $2.32 dollars, or 3.5%, to $64.63 US dollars. (0948 GMT) 
• Both benchmarks were on course for their biggest weekly losses in percentage terms for half a year.
• Gold prices slid 1% as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs, and focus shifted to the U.S. non-farm payrolls report for clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy.
• Spot gold was down 0.9% at $3,086.32 US dollars an ounce, but remained on track for a fifth straight weekly gain. 
• U.S. gold futures edged 0.4% lower to $3,107.70 US dollars. (0901 GMT)
   
• Stock futures slid Friday after China imposed new tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to the levies announced by the White House earlier this week.
• As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Futures tied to the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 861 points, or 2.1%. 
• S&P 500 futures lost 2%, and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 2.2%.
• China’s commerce ministry said the country will impose a 34% levy on all U.S. products. This matches the tariff on Chinese goods coming into the U.S. unveiled by Trump on Wednesday.

Watch the 4 April 2025 market update in Khmer below: