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Key Figures Of SWX And virt-x For May 2006

Date 06/06/2006

Securities with a total value of CHF 219 billion were traded on SWX and virt-x during the month of May. Thus the sharp increase in daily trading volume witnessed since the beginning of the year has stabilised at a high level. In comparison to May 2005, share turnover has more than doubled; in the case of ETFs, the increase has been even more pronounced (160 %). In the derivatives segment, which comprises warrants and structured products, trading turnover has reached the highest level since 2001.

In terms of price developments, the major stock indices lost approximately 5 % of their value during the month under review. In contrast, the Swiss Bond Index SBI® rose by 0.3 %.

Trading days: 21

  Turnover in mio. CHF Variation against previous month Variation against same month in previous year No. of trades
Equities incl. funds 197,437 6.7 % 104.3 % 2,269,203
Bonds CHF 13,363 8.9 % 12.5 % 29,637
International Bonds 1,480 -33.4 % 11.0 % 10,451
Securitised Derivatives 4,535 20.2 % 93.5 % 202,328
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) 1,881 53.4 % 160.5 % 11,269
Total 218,696 6.9 % 93.6 % 2,522,888

 

  Monthly close Performance since end of previous month Performance year-to-date
SMI®

SMIM® Price

SMI Expanded® Total Return

SPI®

SPI Extra® Total Return
7,604.4 -5.50 % 0.27 %
1,274.8 -6.44 % 12.54 %
1,169.6 -5.24 % 2.60 %
5,924.6 -5.23 % 3.17 %
1,673.2 -5.52 % 13.52 %
SXI Life Science® Total Return 1,626.8 -3.86 % 2.79 %
SXI Bio+Medtech® Total Return 1,781.1 -4.58 % 4.97 %
SBI® Total Return 128.3 0.30 % -2.31 %

More detailed information is available in the statistical monthly report www.swx.com/market/statistics/monthly_data