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This is a B2B Cambodia Market Update for 5 August 2025, reviewing the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and global markets.
Watch the video in English above.
- The Cambodia Securities Exchange Index was down 0.4 points or 0.1% closing at 404.7.
- Total trade volume was down, with 42,057 shares changing hands at a total value of 192 million riel or close to over $47,000 US dollars.
- On the main board, only one stock was up, Pestech Cambodia gained 2.29% or 60 riel to 2,680 riel per share.
- On the downside, four stocks declined. The biggest loser of the day was Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, dropping 1.15% or 140 riel to 12,020 riel per share. Followed by Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, which was down 0.32% or 20 riel to 6,160 riel per share.
- Other stocks down were Grand Twins International and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port.
- Meanwhile, Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ, ACLEDA Bank, MJQ Education, and CAMGSM, remained flat.
- Over on the growth board, JS Land was up 0.72% or 20 riel to 2,780 riel per share, while DBD Engineering remained flat at 2,010 riel per share.
- ACLEDA Bank recorded the highest trade volume of the day with 13,753 shares changing hands at a total value of 94 million riel or $23,000 US dollars, approximately 33% of Tuesday’s trade volume.
- Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ recorded the second highest trade volume of the day with 10,648 shares changing hands, at a total value of 22 million riel, or over $5,500 US dollars, about 25% of August 5th’s trade volume.
- Moving on to the exchange rate, the Khmer riel to USD remained unchanged at 4,007 riel per US dollar, while the US Dollar Index was slightly up to 98.97.
- Looking at global commodities, oil was little changed on Tuesday as traders assessed rising OPEC+ supply and worries of weaker global demand, against U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to India over its Russian oil purchases.
- OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to raise oil production by 547,000 barrels per day for September, a move that will end its most recent output cut earlier than planned.
- Brent crude futures were down 36 cents, or 0.5%, to $68.40 US dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude slipped 41 cents to $65.88 US dollars. Both contracts fell by more than 1% on Monday to settle at their lowest in a week. (0910 GMT)
- Gold slipped due to an uptick in the dollar, though prices remained near a two-week high on growing expectations of a U.S. rate cut in September.
- Spot gold was down 0.2% at $3,365.45 US dollars per ounce.
- Bullion hit its highest since July 24th on Monday at $3,385.29 US dollars.
- U.S. gold futures were unchanged at $3,423.20 US dollars. (0919 GMT)
- U.S Stock futures were slightly higher early Tuesday, following Wall Street’s rebound, as investors followed the latest batch of corporate earnings.
- As of the time of the Cambodian market’s closing, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 46 points, or about 0.1%.
- S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively.
Watch the 5 August 2025 market update in Khmer below: