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This is Darshana Gauchan with your B2B Cambodia Market Update for October 17th, 2025.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.59 or 0.15% to 404.05. Total trade volume was up with 404,744 shares changing hands, at a total value of 1.19 billion riel or over $299,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, two stocks were up. Leading the market was Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, up 0.50% or 60 riel to 12,140 riel per share, followed by CAMGSM, which rose 0.41% or 10 riel to 2,440 riel per share.
- On the downside, Pestech Cambodia was the biggest loser of the day, dropping 4.15% or 110 riel to 2,540 riel per share, followed by Grand Twins International, which was down 0.28% or 20 riel to 7,100 riel per share.
- Meanwhile, the five remaining stocks on the main board stayed flat.
- Over on the growth board, JS Land was up 3.02% or 80 riel to 2,730 riel per share, while DBD Engineering stayed flat at 2,030 riel per share.
- Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ recorded the highest trade volume of the day via the Negotiated Trading Method, with 311,405 shares changing hands, at a total value of 596 million riel, or approximately $148,000 US dollars, accounting for around 77% of the total trade volume on Friday.
- Grand Twins International posted the second-highest trade volume of the day, with 53,241 shares changing hands at a total value of 351.9 million riel or about $87,000 US dollars, representing roughly 13% of the total trade volume on October 17th.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD weakened to 4,025 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was down to 98.22.
- Looking at global commodities, oil prices edged lower on Friday, heading for a weekly loss of around 3% after the IEA forecast a growing glut and the U.S. and Russian Presidents agreed to meet again to discuss Ukraine.
- Brent crude futures were down 44 cents, or 0.7%, at $60.62 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were 44 cents lower, down 0.8%, at $57.02 US dollars. (0826 GMT)
- Gold notched a new high above $4,300 dollars an ounce on Friday and was poised for its best week in over 17 years, as signs of weakness in U.S. regional banks, global trade frictions, and firming rate-cut bets drove investors to the safe-haven metal.
- Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,359.31 US dollars per ounce, after scaling another record high of $4,378.69 US dollars earlier. U.S. gold futures for December delivery jumped 1.6% to $4,372.10 US dollars. Bullion has risen about 8.6% this week and is headed for its best week since September 2008. (0615 GMT)
- U.S. stock futures edged lower on Friday morning after the previous session saw a sell-off fueled by concerns about regional banks’ loan practices.
As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1%, while S&P futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were down by 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively
Watch the 17 October 2025 market update in Khmer below:
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