For November 2010, the collective turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland amounted to CHF 98.1 billion, which represents a 13.4% increase over the previous month. The total number of transactions also increased versus October 2010 by 10.3% to 3,093,907. Particularly gratifying was the action in the Structured Products and Warrants segment. Here, total turnover surged by 27.3% to CHF 4.2 billion and the number of transactions recorded a 14.7% increase to 125,672. ETFs followed through on the positive trend witnessed in recent months: turnover rose by 12.1% to CHF 6.9 billion and the total number of trades by 24.5% to 75,416.
The major share indices performed as follows in November 2010: the blue chip SMI® closed out the month at 6,312.4 (-2.5% versus the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 993.2 (-0.7%) and the broadly based SPI® at 5,652.5 (-1.8%).
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