A total volume of 814,735 trades were transacted on SWX in July. The total comprises 678,864 trades in equities (including Exchange Traded Funds), 67,238 in bonds (includes Eurobonds), 68,633 in derivatives, 6,870 in USD denominated Eurobonds, 10,990 in EUR denominated Eurobonds and 515 in GBP denominated Eurobonds.
The SMI index closed at month-end at 6,847, a decrease of 5.43% compared to the previous month. The change since the start of the year was -14.66%. The SPI index closed at month-end at 4,732.7, a decrease of 5.47% compared to the previous month. The change since the start of the year was -14.02%.
All SMI equities have been traded on virt-x since June 25 2001. The pan-european stock exchange virt-x is a joint-venture between the SWX and the Tradepoint-Group LDC
