The favorable trend in turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland Ltd. persisted in February 2010, with securities in a total amount of CHF 111.9 changing hands during the month. Compared to January 2010, that represents a gain of 0.9%. The total number of trades eased versus the previous month by 1.0% to 2,927,974. The Shares Including Funds + ETSFs segment registered yet another increase in turnover, this time by 1.1% to CHF 89.5 billion. Turnover in ETFs rose for the month by 2.3% to CHF 5.6 billion.
The share indices recorded the following gains in February 2010: the blue chip SMI® index ended the month at 6,711.0 (+4.2% versus January 2010), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 1,008.9 (+2.2%) and the broadly based SPI® at 5,763.3 (+3.5%).
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