The local bourse has logged a sharp increase in trading even as the lockdown enters a third week, according to a senior official at the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). With a dramatic upsurge in number of new Covid-19 cases reported in connection to the February 20 community transmission, the government on April 14 announced a full lockdown in the capital and neighbouring Takmao town in Kandal province from April 15 to May 5 to control the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. CSX Market Operations Department director Kim Sophanita told The Post that the stock market has been operating smoothly since the lockdown began, adding that some 99 per cent of orders are received via Mobile Trading System (MTS).