In July 2008, collective turnover on the SWX Swiss Exchange, SWX Europe and Scoach Switzerland Limited amounted to CHF 166.7 billion. That corresponds to a 5.8 % gain over the previous month and is mainly attributable to a 38.54 % increase in structured products and warrants trading. A total of 4,029,835 trades were executed during the reporting month. The share indices were generally higher on a monthly comparison basis. For example, the blue chip SMI® index ended the month at 7,141.2, up 2.63 % versus June 2008. The broadly based SPI® closed 1.86 % higher at 5,964.5.
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