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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 25 December 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- Starting with market news, the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 0.37 points or 0.09% to 419.52. Total trade volume was down with 37,762 shares changing hands, at a total value of 212.8 million riel or over $53,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, two stocks were up, led by the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, while four stocks were down and three remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, Picasso City Garden and JS Land were both down, while DBD Engineering stayed flat for a third consecutive day.
- Pestech Cambodia also released a disclosure notice announcing a 404.6% decrease in the company's total equity, as of September 30, 2025. The erosion in equity is partly attributed to the increased cost of one of the company's major construction projects, which was initially scheduled for completion in December 2025, but has now been delayed to May 2026.
- Shifting to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD was stable at 4,013 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was slightly up to 97.95.
- Looking at global commodities, Benchmark crude oil prices fell slightly amid low trading activity due to the Christmas holidays.
- February Brent crude futures on London's ICE Futures Exchange fell 0.2% to $62.24 US dollars per barrel. WTI crude oil futures for February on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 0.05% to $58.35 US dollars per barrel.
- Spot gold was down at $4,479.38 US dollars per ounce. U.S. gold futures fell 0.01% to $4,505.4 US dollars an ounce. (0918 GMT)
- Several stock markets, including in the U.S. and across Europe and Asia, were closed on December 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday.
- Moving on now to other business-related news,
- The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce released a report that revealed that Cambodia spent 10 per cent less on imports of diesel fuel, petrol and combustion gas in the first 11 months of 2025, with the total amount spent reaching $2.23 billion US dollars. Thong Mengdavid, a lecturer at the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, stated that this decline in spending reflects a combination of easing global oil prices, improved energy efficiency, as well as the expanding role of renewable energy and hydropower in domestic consumption.
Watch the 25 December 2025 market update in Khmer below: