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- Trading turnover in the first quarter of 2015: CHF 430.7 billion (+38.8% versus Q1 2014)<
- Number of transactions in the first quarter: 14,570,219 (+46.2% versus Q1 2014)
- Average trading turnover per day of CHF 6.9 billion
- Increases in equity and bond indices
The first quarter saw total turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange of CHF 430.7 billion. There was a year-on-year increase in trading turnover across all securities of 38.8%. Turnover therefore averaged CHF 6.9 billion per day. This rise is primarily due to the equities including funds + ETPs (+39.6%) and CHF bonds (+63.7%) segments. However, turnover in structured products and warrants fell by 14.0%. The increase in the number of trades was also substantial. There were 14,570,219 transactions in total, 46.2% more than in the corresponding period last year. There were 13,831,712 trades (+48.1%) in the equities including funds + ETPs segment. 152,235 trades (+11.8%) were conducted in the CHF bonds segment. There was also evidence of elevated trading activity in the structured products and warrants segment, which saw 257,911 trades, 13.6% more than in Q1 2014.
Trading activity was also higher than average in March 2015. A total of 4,369,989 trades (+9.7% versus the prior month) were conducted in March, generating turnover of CHF 130.5 billion (+10.1%). In terms of trading turnover, the second-highest level since October 2011 was achieved. With 4,133,172 trades, the equities including funds + ETPs segment outstripped the previous month's total by 9.7%, with turnover up by 14.9% to CHF 98.9 billion. Trading turnover in ETFs rose by as much as 51.1% to CHF 11.4 billion, with the number of trades climbing by 14.2% to 103,692. Turnover in structured products and warrants was up by 56.3% to CHF 2.9 billion. In addition, there were 13.7% more trades, at 86,727. However, CHF bond trades were down by 6.1% to 44,637, with turnover falling by 26.6% to CHF 15.7 billion.
31 new CHF bond issues (-6.1%) and 3,560 new structured products and warrants (-9.8%) were admitted to trading in March. In all, this means that 75 new CHF bonds (-7.4%) and 13,431 new structured products and warrants (+27.2%) have been listed since the start of the year.
The performance of the most important equity indices was as follows in March 2015: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 9,129.0 points at the end of March (+1.3% month-on-month, +1.6% versus end-2014). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,359.5 points (+2.2%/+2.1%) and the broader-based SPI® at 9,137.2 points (+2.4%/+3.2%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was up versus February (+0.4%/+2.0% compared with end-2014) at 134.7 points.
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