- Trading turnover CHF 1,279.3 billion (-6.8% year-on-year), average daily trading turnover CHF 5.0 billion
- Five company IPOs on SIX Swiss Exchange in 2016
- Innovation: launch of XBTR trading platform, new SwissAtMid liquidity pool and SPI Multi Premia® index family
- Swiss Market Index SMI® high-water mark: 8,730.05 points on 5 January 2016
Following extremely high volatility in 2015, trading on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange returned to normal levels in 2016. The Swiss Exchange posted an all-time trading high on 15 January 2015 when the euro exchange rate floor was removed. The crisis in Greece and market turbulence in China also boosted trading activity in 2015. Consequently, trading turnover in 2016 was down 6.8% year- on-year at CHF 1,279.3 billion, with transaction volumes declining 7.7% to 47,585,393. This translates to an average daily trading turnover of CHF 5.0 billion. The figures have significantly improved compared with 2014. In 2016, the highest trading turnover for a single day was CHF 11.7 billion, which was achieved on 18 March. The day was a triple witching hour: the third Friday of the third month in the quarter, which is when futures and options expire. The highest number of transactions – 395,787 trades – was recorded on 24 June 2016, the day when the result of the UK referendum on the EU was announced.
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