SIX Swiss Exchange - January 2017: Turnover Distinctly Higher

Trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange totalled CHF 120.1 bn in January 2017. This corresponds to a 11.7% month-on-month increase and a 6.5% year-on-year increase. In January 2017, a total of 4'202'724 trades were conducted. This corresponds to a 10.3% month-on-month increase.

The segments performed as follows compared to December 2016: in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, trading turnover was up by 12.6% to CHF 93.1 bn. ETF trading turnover was up by 7.0% to CHF 11.3 bn while in the Bonds CHF segment turnover increased by 4.6% to CHF 12.4 bn. Trading turnover declined by 8.5% to CHF 1.2 bn in structured products and warrants.

Kickstarting the new year

In January, SIX Swiss Exchange could welcome its first new participant as well as its first new ETF issuer in 2017: Market Wizards B.V. and First Trust Global Funds plc, Ireland. Furthermore, the first Money Market Paper has been listed and the Ethos Swiss Corporate Governance Index launched.

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