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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 17 December 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 2.65 points or 0.63% to 421.71. Total trade volume was up with 225,350 shares changing hands, at a total value of 720.5 million riel or $179,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, four stocks were up. Leading the market today was ACLEDA Bank, up
1.11% or 80 riel to 7,280 riel per share, followed by CAMGSM, was up 0.80% or 20 riel to 2,510 riel per share. Other stocks also up were Sihanoukville Autonomous Port and Grand Twins International. - On the downside, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority was the biggest loser of the day, dropping 0.63% or 40 riel to 6,360 riel per share, followed by Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, which was down 0.56% or 80 riel to 14,080 riel per share.
- Meanwhile, the remaining three stocks on the main board stayed flat.
- Over on the growth board, JS Land rose 0.82% or 20 riel to 2,450 riel per share, followed by DBD Engineering, which was up 0.47% or 10 riel to 2,150 riel per share. Picasso City Garden dropped 1.67% or 80 riel to 4,700 riel per share.
- Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ recorded the highest trade volume of the day, with 152,120 shares changing hands, at a total value of 325.6 million riel, or $81,000 US dollars, about 67.5% of the total trade volume on Wednesday.
- ACLEDA Bank recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 27,602 shares changing hands, at a total value of 199.5 million riel or $49,000 US dollars, approximately 12% of the total trade volume on December 17th.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD weakened to 4,010 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was slightly up to 98.54.
- Looking at global commodities, oil prices rose more than 1% on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, raising fresh geopolitical tensions at a time of concerns over demand.
- Brent crude futures were up 87 cents, or 1.5%, at $59.79 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 85 cents, or 1.5%, to $56.12 US dollars a barrel. (0730 GMT)
- Gold prices edged higher in trading on Wednesday, while silver surged to a record high, breaking above the $65 dollar mark for the first time. Spot silver climbed 2.8% to $65.63 US dollars per ounce, marking its highest level on record. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $4,321.56 US dollars per ounce, while US gold futures also gained 0.4% to $4,350.50 US dollars.
- US stock futures slipped on Wednesday, poised to build on a string of recent slumps as investors continued to debate what the latest jobs data means for U.S. Federal Reserve policy and the health of the US economy.
- As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fluctuated along the flatline, while those on the S&P 500 lost about 0.1%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell roughly 0.2%, after Wall Street stocks finished mixed in Tuesday's session.
Watch the 17 December 2025 market update in Khmer below: