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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 22 May 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 0.34 points, or 0.08%, closing at 406.92.
- Total trade volume fell to 87,428 shares, with a total value of 654.8 million riel, equivalent to over $163,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, two stocks were up. Leading the market was Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, which rose by 0.94% or 20 riel to 2,150 riel per share, followed by MJQ Education, up 0.50% or 10 riel to 2,020 riel per share.
- On the downside, four stocks declined. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port was the biggest loser of the day, dropping 2.30% or 320 riel to 13,600 riel per share, followed by Pestech Cambodia, which fell 1.82% or 50 riel to 2,700 riel per share. Sihanoukville Autonomous Port and Grand Twins International were also down. Meanwhile, the remaining three stocks on the board remained flat.
- On the growth board, JS Land was up 1.44% or 40 riel, closing at 2,810 riel per share, while DBD Engineering remained flat at 2,110 riel per share.
- Phnom Penh Autonomous Port recorded the highest trade volume of the day, with 36,135 shares changing hands at a total value of 472 million riel, or over $117,000 US dollars, accounting for about 41% of Thursday’s trade volume.
- CAMGSM recorded the second highest trade volume of the day, with 20,369 shares changing hands at a total value of 48.8 million riel, or over $12,000 US dollars, approximately 23% of the total trade volume on May 22nd.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the KHR to USD was stable at 4,003 riel per USD, while the USD index was slightly up to 99.82.
- Looking at global commodities, Oil prices dropped by more than 1% on Thursday after a report that OPEC+ is discussing a production increase for July, stoking concerns that global supply could exceed demand growth.
- Brent futures lost $1.05 cents, or 1.6%, to $63.86 a barrel (by 1036 GMT.) U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 98 cents, or 1.6%, at $60.59.
- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known collectively as OPEC+, are discussing whether to make another large output increase at their meeting on June 1.
- Gold slipped on Thursday after hitting a nearly two-week high earlier in the session, hurt by an uptick in the dollar, although worries over the U.S. government's increasing debt burden and fiscal outlook kept prices above $3,300 level.
- Spot gold was down 0.3% at $3,303.82 an ounce, (as of 1020 GMT), after hitting its highest level since May 9 earlier in the session.
- U.S. gold futures fell 0.3% to $3,304.10.
- The US stock futures were little changed Thursday following a sizable sell-off on Wall Street, as concerns about a ballooning deficit deepened.
- At the time of Cambodia’s market closing, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.
- Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 38 points, or 0.1%.
Watch the 22 May 2025 market update in Khmer below: