4 June 2026 - Daily Update - B2B Asia News

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4 June 2026 - Daily Update - B2B Asia News
B2B Asia News Daily Update – 4 June 2026

This is a B2B Asia News Daily Update for 4 June 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 fell on Thursday as renewed fighting between the US and Iran rattled investors, although oil slipped from recent highs after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire. 
  • The Nikkei 225 was down 1.36%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.6%.

  • In South Korea, the Kospi sank 1.8%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 1.6%, and the Shanghai Composite index fell 0.8%.

     

  • Zooming in on Cambodia’s market—the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.19 points or 0.04% to 434.03. Total trade volume was up with 161,819 shares changing hands at a total value of 845.8 million riel or close to $211,000 US dollars.
  • On the main board, three stocks were up, led by Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, while only one stock, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, was down.
  • Over on the growth board, Picasso City Garden was up, while DBD Engineering and JS Land were down.
  • Shifting to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD remained stable at 4,026 riel per US Dollar, while the US Dollar index hovered around 99.44.
  • Moving on to global commodities, oil prices fell on Thursday after a ‌ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon boosted hopes for a broader agreement to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that could lead to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trade was cautious though and the decline was limited. Brent futures ​were down 0.8% at $97.03 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate ​crude fell 0.7% to $95.32 US dollars. (0729 GMT)
  • Gold prices gained on Thursday, supported by lower crude ‌oil prices and a weaker dollar, as investors assessed renewed expectations for a resolution to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
  • Spot gold was up 0.8% at $4,465.56 US dollars per ounce. U.S. ​gold futures for August delivery gained 0.6% to $4,493.30 US dollars. (0739 GMT)

  • Looking at the crypto market, Bitcoin briefly plunged below $62,000 US dollars in morning Asian trade, triggering more than $1.5 billion dollars in leveraged crypto liquidations over the past 24 hours as a wave of forced selling accelerated the market's steepest decline in months. 

     

  • Moving on now to other business-related news,
    • The American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia hosted the second Public–Private Sector Breakfast Briefing, under the direction of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), on June 4. The session brought the heads of Cambodia's international business chambers together with H.E. Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the CDC, to advance public-private cooperation. The meeting focused on the Government–Private Sector Forum working groups, with key issues emerging to broaden chamber access and improve the tracking of issues under discussion.
    • The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China have reached two important deals to boost Cambodian agricultural exports to the Chinese market. According to the MAFF, on June 3, both sides signed a protocol on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements on exporting beef products and dried longans from Cambodia to the Chinese market, and a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in plant and livestock quarantine. Both sides have been cooperating to accelerate various necessary procedures, particularly registration with the Chinese General Administration of Customs and the formulation of sanitary and phytosanitary protocols, to pave a smoother path for Cambodian agricultural products into the Chinese market.
    • The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, co-organized a capacity building workshop on “Building a Sustainable Finance Ecosystem: Reporting, Data Readiness, and Digital Innovation” at the Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh from June 2-3. This capacity building workshop was aimed at deepening practitioners’ operational understanding of applicable sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks, strengthening institutional capacity for environmental, social and governance (ESG) data readiness, building institutional and technical capacity through digital solutions and data infrastructure and strengthening multi-stakeholder coordination with the sustainability focus.

Watch the 4 June 2026 Daily Update in Khmer below: