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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 18 April 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 0.59 points or 0.14% to 407.44.
- Total trade volume was up to 74,729 shares changing hands at a total value of 358.7 million riel or close to $90,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, only one stock, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, was up, rising 0.72% or 100 riel to 14,000 riel per share. On the other hand, five stocks were down. The biggest loser of the day was Pestech Cambodia, down 2.28% or 60 riel to 2,570 riel per share, followed by Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, which dropped 0.93% or 20 riel to 2,130 riel per share. Other stocks down were Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, ACLEDA Bank and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.
- Meanwhile three stocks, Grand Twins International, MJQ Education and CAMGSM, remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, DBD Engineering was down 0.48% or 10 riel to 2,090 riel per share while JS Land stayed flat at 3,130 riel per share.
- Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ once again recorded the highest trade volume of the day with 25,011 shares changing hands at a total value of 52.7 million riel or over $13,000 US dollars, about 33% of Friday’s trade volume.
- Grand Twins International recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 20,733 shares changing hands at a total value of 132.4 million riel or nearly $33,000 US dollars, approximately 28% of April 18th’s trade volume.
- In other business-related news, Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted an official state visit to Cambodia from April 17th to 18th, during which 37 cooperative documents were signed covering areas including Global Security Initiative (GSI) cooperation and promotion, education and human resource development, agriculture, industrial supply chains, customs, health, tourism, media affairs and more. In addition, several public-private and business-to-business documents were also signed on major projects including the Funan Techo Integrated Water Resources Management Project, the construction of a 900 megawatt LPG power plant in Koh Kong, and a Railway Project Strategic Partnership. Other highlights from President Xi’s visit include the mutual decision to declare 2025 as the ‘Cambodia-China Year of Tourism’, support from China on the development of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, and a firm commitment to continue upholding the global rules-based multilateral trading system, promoting continuous advancement of the World Trade Organisation’s rules as well as trade investment liberalisation and facilitation.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the KHR to USD stayed flat at 4,005 riel per USD, while the USD index was a little down to 99.41.
- Most traditional markets and global stock exchanges across the U.S. and Europe were closed on April 18th on account of the Good Friday holiday, so our report on the oil, precious metals and stock markets will resume next week.
Watch the 18 April 2025 market update in Khmer below: