In April 2007, turnover on SWX and virt-x totalled CHF 205.5 billion. That corresponds to an 18.5 % decline from the record level of trading activity witnessed in March 2007. Compared to the same month of last year, however, turnover in ETFs increased by 29.0 % and in securitised derivatives by all of 58.2 %. During the month under review, the share indices once again hit new highs. The blue chip SMI® rose by 5.03 % to a level of 9,428.3 versus the previous month-end reading of 8,977.0 points. The broadly based SPI® closed out April at 7,620.1, a gain of 6.08 % for the month.
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