AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2025 --

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has outlined its strategic goals for 2025, citing that 2025 will be a successful year for the entire market and a golden opportunity for its investors.

In a report on Market Situation in 2024 and Strategic Plans for 2025 issued on Jan. 13, CSX stated that as Cambodia is becoming an upper middle-income country, CSX will continue to play a role as an institution in facilitating capital mobilisation and promoting investment with integrity and sustainability to drive national economic growth.

With the collaboration between the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), and all members, and relevant stakeholders, CSX firmly believe that this market will continue to grow, and be able to attract new investors, especially big and target investors, CSX said in the report.

“With the recovery of various sectors, and the reduction of interest rates, there will be improvement of the state of the securities market. At the same time, the listing of new equity securities in 2025 will serve as a catalyst to boost trading and attract more investors,” the source added.

The year 2025 is expected to be a golden opportunity for our investors, CSX said, adding that it is committed to achieving significant goals for 2025 by continuing to double the daily trading value to approximately US$300,000, adding 15,000 new trading accounts, and increasing the number of listed companies by at least 6.

CSX said in 2025, three more companies are expected to list equity securities, and four others will list debt securities.

As of 2024, there were a total of 58,394 active trading accounts with 12,745 new accounts opened, an increase of over 26 percent compared to the total number as of 2023, according to the report.

The average daily trading value in 2024 was more than 535 million riels (approximately US$133,963), showing a 35 percent decline from 2023.

The average daily trading volume was 101,843 shares with 93 percent traded by local investors. Daily buy and sell orders averaged 3,627 in 2024, up by 20 percent compared to 2023. 

In 2024, CSX has seen contribution from investors from different countries: Taiwan leading with 39.50 percent, followed by Japan (21.31 percent), China (14.18 percent), and Thailand (5.36 percent).

Currently, there are two types of securities, stock and bond, traded in the CSX. For the equity market, there are 11 listed companies and 12 companies issued corporate bonds. The listed companies raised some US$389 million from the market.

Launched in 2012, CSX is a joint venture between the Cambodian government holding 55 percent of the stakes and the Korean Exchange owning the remaining 45 percent.

By Chea Vannak