Key Figures 2015: Successful Year Of Anniversaries - Marked Year-On-Year Increase In Trading Activity On SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd.

Of the 251 trading days of 2015, the 15th of January was the most memorable. With 949'988 trades and a trading volume of CHF 27.7 billion new highs have been recorded on SIX Swiss Exchange. Despite this unprecendeted load, all processes and systems worked faultlessly, allowing the Swiss exchange to underline ist position as reference market for Swiss securities.

All in all, trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd grew by 19.5% to CHF 1'372.5 billion, while the number of trades rose by 32.7% to 51'543'273. Trading turnover exceeded the prior-year figures in eleven out of twelve months in 2015. The number of trades exceeded the prior-year figure every month.

Year of anniversaries

Further milestones of the year were the listing of the 1'000th ETF (February) as well as the 15th anniversary of the ETF segment (September). Furthermore, SIX Swiss Exchange celebrated 20 years of fully electronic stock exchange trading (December). Chris Landis, Division CEO SIX Swiss Exchange, commented: "Both anniversaries reaffirm our determination to develop our offer and our systems further with a view to future requirements - as we serve the Swiss financial center and our customers at home and abroad."

In 2015, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomed three new companies: Sunrise Communications Group AG (February), PLAZZA AG (June) and Cassiopea SpA (July); with WisdomTree (March) and Van Eck Global Investments (June) two new ETF providers listed their products on the Swiss exchange. By launching its Access Point in London, SIX Swiss Exchange also introduced an additional cost-efficient connectivity option for participants located in the UK, increasing its client focus.

More detailed figures are available in the statistical monthly report[pdf]. An overview of order book quality at SIX Swiss Exchange is reflected in the Equity Liquidity Matrix (ELM), while our tool Intraday Activity allows a monitoring of daily trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange. Furthermore, our website provides daily figures for volume and turnover.