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- Trading turnover up by 14.3% to over CHF 1,148.1 billion (average per day of CHF 4.6 billion)
- Increases in all equity and bond indices
- Six IPOs, highest number of new listings since 2008
- SIX Swiss Exchange awarded the title of global "exchange of the year"
There was a marked year-on-year increase in trading activity on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange. All in all, trading turnover grew by 14.3% to CHF 1,148.1 billion, while the number of trades rose by 12.6% to 38,832,343. This meant that an average exchange day saw 155,953 trades and turnover of some CHF 4.6 billion. On the peak trading day of 19 December, a total of CHF 12.0 billion was traded in 268,560 transactions. All the key equity and bond indices rose, by a substantial margin in some cases. The SMI closed the year at 8,983.4 points, climbing to a 7-year high of 9,212.85 on 5 December. The number of new company listings was also positive. There were six IPOs in total, the highest level since 2008. All in all, 360 new bonds (+7.8%) and 39,296 new structured products (-14,7%) were listed. As part of the Over the Exchange initiative, the new segment of Sponsored Foreign Shares was launched in November. More than 500 stocks from 27 different countries can be traded on SIX Swiss Exchange in this segment. This enables potentially large cost savings and risk reductions for all investors.
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