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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 25 April 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was up 1.52 points, or 0.37%, to 409.35.
- Total trade volume was up to 87,265 shares, with a total value of 524 million riel, or over $130,600 US dollars.
- On the main board, five stocks were up. Leading the market was MJQ Education, up 0.94% or 20 riel to 2,140 riel per share, followed by ACLEDA Bank, up 0.85% or 60 riel to 7,120 riel per share. Other stocks also up were Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Pestech Cambodia and the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority.
- On the other hand, Grand Twins International was down 0.56% or 40 riel to 7,100 riel per share. The rest of the main board, meanwhile, remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, JS Land was up 0.32% or 10 riel to 3,160 riel per share, while DBD Engineering remained flat at 2,100 riel per share.
- ACLEDA Bank recorded the highest trade volume of the day with 38,453 shares changing hands at a total value of 272.6 million riel, or close to $68,000 US dollars, approximately 44% of the total trade volume on Friday.
- Grand Twins International recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 23,422 shares changing hands at a total value of 163 million riel or over $40,000 US dollars, about 27% of April 25th’s trade volume.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the KHR to USD strengthened to 4,002 riel per USD, while the USD index was up to 99.63.
- Oil prices were set for a weekly decline of nearly 2% on the back of oversupply concerns and uncertainty around tariff talks between the U.S. and China.
- Brent crude futures fell 2 cents to $66.53 US dollars a barrel, falling 2.2% on the week.
- U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 2 cents to $62.81 US dollars a barrel, having declined 3% for the week. (0814 GMT)
- Gold prices lost more than 1% on Friday and were heading for a weekly fall on signals of a potential de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, including news that China was weighing tariff exemptions for some U.S. goods.
- Spot gold fell 1.5% to $3,299.69 US dollars an ounce. U.S. gold futures shed 1.1% to $3,310.20 US dollars. (0830 GMT)
- S&P 500 futures rose early Friday on the heels of Wall Street seeing its third straight day of gains and Alphabet’s latest quarterly results.
- As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Futures linked to the S&P 500 were 0.45% higher, while Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.51%.
- Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered around the flatline.
Watch the 25 April 2025 market update in Khmer below: