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A total of 2,629,544 trades were executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in October, which represents an increase of 6.6% over the previous month. Trading turnover was at practically the same level as the previous month at CHF 71.0 billion.
The number of trades in equities incl. funds + ETSFs + ETPs amounted to 2,443,081, an increase of 7.2% over September 2012, with a trading turnover of CHF 48.8 billion (+0.3%). Trading turnover for ETFs fell by 12.6% to CHF 5.9 billion, with the number of trades down by 4.4% to 70,784. Turnover for structured products and warrants was 8.2% lower at CHF 2.4 billion, while the number of trades fell by 2.4% to 69,705. CHF bonds posted a 3.7% increase in trading turnover (CHF 13.7 billion), with the number of trades rising 10.3% (44,620).
In October, 38 new CHF bonds (+11.8%) and 4,489 new structured products and warrants (+44.5%) were admitted to trading. Since the start of the year, a total of 303 new CHF bonds (-8.7%) and 40,025 new structured products and warrants (-10.4%) have been listed.
In addition, a new company was listed on SIX Swiss Exchange - EFG Financial Products Holding AG.
The most relevant equity indices rose in October 2012: The SMI® blue chip index closed at 6,595.1 points (up 1.5% on the previous month, up 11.1% on end-2011), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 995.5 points (up 3.0% on the previous month, up 13.6% on end-2011) and the broad-based SPI® at 6,088.6 points (up 1.3% on previous month, up 13.9% on end-2011).
SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland: October 2012 Statistics
