In July 2010, total turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland amounted to CHF 90.1 billion, representing a 10.1% decline versus the previous month. The total number of trades eased by 1.2% to 2,880,168. While the number of trades in shares, including funds and ETSFs, remained practically unchanged at 2,692,496 (-0.4%), turnover in the same segment decreased by 5.0% to CHF 70 billion. In the ETF segment, the trading and turnover were also sluggish: total turnover dropped to CHF 5.2 billion (-23.2%) and 48,987 trades were executed (-15.5%).
Nearly all of the key indices posted gains in July 2010: the blue chip SMI® index closed out the month at 6,200.8 (+1.2% versus the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 955.2 (+2.5%) and the broadly based SPI® at 5,489.8 (+1.5%).
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