Brokerages have urged regulators to abolish the Locate system, citing risks and market inequality, while calling for urgent short-term controls, tighter oversight to prevent Uptick Rule evasion, and audit processes based solely on verifiable documents.

The conflict between Thailand and Cambodia is expected to have a similar impact on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) as the dissolution of parliament in 2006 and 2013, which saw the index fall by between -1.5% and -6% in the month leading up to the event.