- Trading turnover of CHF 120.1bn (+11.7% month-on-month) and number of trades 4,202,724 (+10.3% month-on-month)
- Average trading turnover per day: CHF 5.7bn
- First Trust Global Funds new ETF issuer on SIX Swiss Exchange
Trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange totalled CHF 120.1bn in January 2017. This corresponds to a 11.7% month-on-month increase and a 6.5% year-on-year increase. Average daily turnover was CHF 5.7bn, with CHF 8.4bn traded on 26 January, the day that reported the greatest volume. The most-traded security in January 2017 was Novartis N. In January 2017, a total of 4,202,724 trades were conducted. This corresponds to a 10.3% month-on-month increase and a 9.3% year- on-year decline.
The segments performed as follows compared to December 2016: 4,027,773 trades were conducted (+10.7%) in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, with trading turnover up by 12.6% to CHF 93.1bn. Within ETFs trading turnover was up by 7.0% to CHF 11.3bn and the number of trades up by 4.1% to 92,231. While the number of trades in the Bonds CHF segment was down by 5.3% to 29,782, turnover nevertheless increased by 4.6% to CHF 12.4bn. Trading turnover declined by 8.5% to CHF 1.2bn in structured products and warrants, with the number of trades remaining practically unchanged (51,302;
-0.1%).
In January 13 new CHF bond issues (-18.8% month-on-month; same number as in the previous year) and 2,946 new structured products and warrants (+30.6% month-on-month; -17.8% year-on-year) were admitted to trading. In January, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomed First Trust Global Funds as the 23rd issuer on the Swiss ETF market.
The performance of the most important equity indices was as follows in January 2017: The blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,291.7 points at the end of January (+0.9% versus end-2016). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,322.2 points (+1.9%) and the broadly based SPI® at 9,063.3 points (+1.1%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was down by -0.2% (versus end-2016) to 136.0 points.
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