For 2006, the SWX Swiss Exchange and virt-x both recorded new all-time highs in turnover and trading volume. Turnover rose by more than 36 % versus the previous year to reach almost the CHF 2 trillion mark. Trading activity in securitised derivatives virtually exploded - turnover in the segment grew by 49 %, and volume even registered a 62 % increase compared to 2005. At 8785.7 points, the blue chip SMI index fell just shy of closing the year at an all-time high. Particularly remarkable was the performance of the SMIM (+47 %).
Year 2006
Trading days: 251
| Turnover in m CHF year 2006 | Turnover in m CHF year 2005 | Variation against previous year | No. of trades year 2006 | |
| Equities incl. funds | 1,737,046 | 1,216,540 | 42.8 % | 21,967,666 |
| Bonds CHF | 154,416 | 170,928 | -9.7 % | 327,008 |
| International Bonds | 20,025 | 15,951 | 25.5 % | 150,130 |
| Securitised Derivatives | 48,079 | 32,316 | 48.8 % | 1,918,847 |
| Exchange Traded Funds | 18,984 | 13,519 | 40.4 % | 111,619 |
| TOTAL | 1,978,550 | 1,449,255 | 36.5 % | 24,475,270 |
| Closing value 2006 | Price development since 2005 | |
| SMI® | 8,785.7 | 15.85 % |
| SMIM® Price | 1,665.9 | 47.06 % |
| SMI Expanded® Total Return | 1,365.3 | 19.77 % |
| SPI® | 6,929.2 | 20.67 % |
| SPI EXTRA® Total Return | 2,108.5 | 43.06 % |
| SXI LIFE SCIENCE® Total Return | 1,989.4 | 25.70 % |
| SXI Bio+Medtech® Total Return | 2,176.6 | 28.29 % |
| SBI® Total Return | 131.2 | -0.08 % |
