SIX Swiss Exchange January 2016: Turnover And Number Of Trades Rising

A total of 4'635'785 transactions were conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd in January 2016, a month-on-month increase of 19.9%. The number of transactions in the most important segment equities including funds + ETPs increased by 20.2% to 4'437'167.

There was a month-on-month increase in trading turnover across all securities of 13.8%. This growth is also reflected in the average trading turnover per day, which rose to CHF 5.6 billion in January 2016. In the equities including funds + ETPs segment, turnover was up by 12.6% to CHF 88.2 billion.

Decline compared to record month

Despite the strong start to the year, SIX Swiss Exchange und SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd saw 25.4% fewer transactions and a fall in trading turnover of 38.0% in comparison with the record month of January 2015. This was primarily due to the removal of the euro floor on 15 January 2015 and the resulting high level of trading activity onSIX Swiss Exchange.

Detailed figures are available in the statistical monthly report[PDF]. An overview of order book quality atSIX Swiss Exchange is reflected in the Equity Liquidity Matrix (ELM), while our tool Intraday Activity allows a monitoring of daily trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange. Furthermore, our website provides daily figures for volume and turnover.