- Trading turnover in the first nine months of 2014: CHF 836.8 billion (+9.1% versus the same period in the prior year of 2013)
- Average trading turnover per day in the first nine months of 2014: CHF 4.5 billion
- Marked month-on-month increase in trading activity: trading turnover up by 25.5%, volume of trades up 9.0%
In the first nine months of 2014, a total of 28,199,161 transactions were conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange. This marks a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. There were 26,542,520 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating to a rise of 8.9%. There were 383,108 (+0.6%) transactions in the CHF bonds segment.
Since the start of 2014, trading turnover across all securities has risen by 9.1% in total to CHF 836.8 billion. Turnover has therefore averaged CHF 4.5 billion per day. This increase is primarily attributable to turnover in the equities including funds + ETPs (+13.0%) segment. However, turnover in CHF bonds has fallen by 2.6% to CHF 123.5 billion, while it has decreased by 13.8% to CHF 20.5 billion in structured products and warrants.
A total of 3,108,513 transactions were conducted in September 2014, equating to a month-on-month rise of 9.0%. Turnover was up by 25.5% to CHF 95.6 billion.
The performance of the equities including funds + ETPs segment was as follows: there were 2,928,213 trades, an increase of 8.6% on the previous month, with turnover up by 26.9% to CHF 71.1 billion. Trading turnover in ETFs fell by 7.9% to CHF 5.5 billion. At the same time, however, the volume of trades rose by 13.0% to 72,186. Turnover in structured products and warrants increased by 8.6% to CHF 2.0 billion. Transactions also increased, by 11.0% to 61,395. The number of CHF bond trades rose by 26.2% to 44,812, with turnover climbing by as much as 42.1% to CHF 16.0 billion.
A total of 47 new CHF bond issues (+261.5%) and 2,847 new structured products and warrants (+0.9%) were admitted to trading in September. In all, this means that 273 new CHF bonds (+11.9%) and 29,038 new structured products and warrants (-18.2%) have been listed since the start of the year.
The performance of the most important equity indices in September 2014 was as follows: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,835.1 points at the end of September (+2.0% month-on-month, +7.7% versus end-2013). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,306.9 points (+0.1%/+3.9%) and the broader-based SPI® at 8,695.6 points (+1.5%/+10.9%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was down versus August (-0.3%/+4.6% compared with end-2013) at 129.4 points.
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