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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 1 August 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 0.53 points or 0.13% closing at 405.42.
- Total trade volume was up, with 171,422 shares changing hands at a total value of 454 million riel or over $113,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, three stocks were up. Leading the market was Grand Twins International, up 2.73% or 180 riel to 6,780 riel per share, followed by Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, up 1.18% or 160 riel to 13,680 riel per share. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority was also up 20 riel to 6,200 riel per share.
- On the downside, four stocks declined. The biggest loser of the day was Pestech Cambodia, down 1.11% or 30 riel to 2,670 riel per share, followed by Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, which dropped 0.94% or 20 riel to 2,100 riel per share. Other stocks down were CAMGSM and MJQ Education.
- Meanwhile, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port and ACLEDA Bank remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, both stocks remained unchanged, with JS Land flat at 2,780 riel per share and DBD Engineering still at 2,010 riel per share.
- Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ recorded the highest trade volume of the day, with 24,981 shares changing hands at a total value of 52 million riel, or $13,000, which accounted for 14.5% of the day's total trade volume.
- Meanwhile, through the Negotiated Trading Method (NTM), additional Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ shares were traded at a value of 197 million riel, or around USD $49,000.
- MJQ Education recorded the second-highest trade volume of the day with 19,197 shares changing hands, at a total value of 37.9 million riel or $9,400 US dollars, about 11% of Friday’s trade volume.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD weakened slightly to 4,007 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was up to 100.18.
- Looking at global commodities, oil prices were little changed on Friday and heading for a weekly gain, as investors weighed the impact of further tariffs and sanctions by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Brent crude futures were up 19 cents, or 0.26%, to $71.89 US dollars a barrel.
- U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 20 cents, or 0.29%, to $69.46 US dollars a barrel. (0823 GMT)
- Gold prices held steady, but are poised for a third consecutive weekly loss pressured by a stronger dollar and diminished expectations for U.S. rate cuts, while uncertainty from U.S. tariffs on trading partners offered support.
- Spot gold was steady at $3,288.89 US dollars per ounce. Bullion is down 1.4% so far this week.
- U.S. gold futures edged down 0.3% to $3,339.90 US dollars. (0733 GMT)
- S&P 500 futures slipped early Friday as traders digested President Trump’s modified tariff rates and the latest Big Tech earnings. Investors also await July’s jobs report, expected later in the day.
- As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Futures tied to the broad market index were down 0.83%, while Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.99%.
- Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 339 points, or 0.77%.
Watch the 1 August 2025 market update in Khmer below: