In March, trading turnover on the Swiss stock exchange was up 8.1% on the previous month and reached CHF 119.0 billion. There was also an increase in the number of transactions by 7.0% to 4,355,374. In comparison with the corresponding period last year, trading turnover was down by -7.1% at CHF 348.0 billion, while the number of trades dropped by -21.7% to 13,302,965. Since the beginning of the year, the SMI® rose by 12.4%.
- Trading turnover of CHF 119.0 billion (+8.1% month-on-month)
- Number of trades 4,069,407 (+7.0% month-on-month)
- SMI® index at 9,477.8 points at the end of March (+1.0% month-on-month)
The highest turnover and the highest number of trades on a single trading day was recorded on 15 March, which saw securities worth a total volume of CHF 12.4 billion changing hands and 242,364 transactions conducted. The stock that generated the highest turnover during the reporting month was NESTLE N with CHF 13.6 bn. The most-traded security was ROCHE GS with 231,687 transactions.
In March, 18 products with crypto currencies as underlying were traded on the Swiss stock exchange. With a total of 520 trades, turnover reached CHF 5.8 million. The most traded product, HODL, replicating a basket of 5 crypto currencies, recorded 223 transactions with a turnover of CHF 5.8 million.
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Since beginning of 2019 |
Trading days since beginning of 2019: 62 |
Trading days in same prior-year period: 62 |
|---|---|---|
|
Segment |
Turnover in CHF million |
Change versus same prior-year period |
|
Equities incl. Funds + ETPs* |
270'505 |
-10.4% |
|
Bonds CHF |
30'679 |
-0.6% |
|
ETFs |
28'480 |
-9.9% |
|
Bonds non-CHF |
13'452 |
128.9% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
4'882 |
10.7% |
|
TOTAL |
347'998 |
-7.1% |
|
|
Number of trades |
Change versus same prior-year period |
|
Equities incl. Funds + ETPs* |
12'823'294 |
-21.7% |
|
Bonds CHF |
86'112 |
-7.9% |
|
ETFs |
261'175 |
-18.8% |
|
Bonds non-CHF |
6'864 |
60.0% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
125'520 |
-34.8% |
|
TOTAL |
13'302'965 |
-21.7% |
|
Number of newly listed products |
Change versus same prior-year period |
|
|
Bonds CHF |
82 |
5.1% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
10'229 |
5.2% |
*Contains domestic & foreign shares, investment funds, sponsored funds, ETSFs and ETPs
|
March 2019 |
Trading days March 2019: 21 |
Trading days in previous month: 20 |
|---|---|---|
|
Segment |
Turnover in CHF million |
Change versus previous month |
|
Equities incl. Funds + ETPs* |
100'335 | 24.9% |
|
Bonds CHF |
9'258 | -7.3% |
|
ETFs |
6'347 | -52.8% |
|
Bonds non-CHF |
1'916 | -45.3% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
1'095 | -60.3% |
|
TOTAL |
118'951 | 8.1% |
|
|
Number of trades |
Change versus previous month |
|
Equities incl. Funds + ETPs* |
4'198'818 | 7.5% |
|
Bonds CHF |
26'794 | -12.1% |
|
ETFs |
87'032 | -1.8% |
|
Bonds non-CHF |
1'715 | -18.4% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
41'015 | -2.7% |
|
TOTAL |
4'355'374 | 7.0% |
|
Number of newly listed products |
Change versus previous month |
|
|
Bonds CHF |
34 |
30.8% |
|
Structured products and warrants |
3'475 |
14.0% |
*Contains domestic & foreign shares, investment funds, sponsored funds, ETSFs and ETPs
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Index |
Month-end reading |
Change versus end of previous month |
Change since end of 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SMI® PR |
9'477.8 |
1.0% |
12.4% |
|
SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR |
1'450.8 |
0.2% |
11.9% |
|
SMIM® PR |
2'422.1 |
1.4% |
15.2% |
|
SPI® TR |
11'241.2 |
2.5% |
14.4% |
|
SPI EXTRA® TR |
4'018.5 |
1.0% |
12.9% |
|
SXI LIFE SCIENCES® TR |
4'933.0 |
4.7% |
19.2% |
|
SXI Bio+Medtech® TR |
4'338.2 |
3.2% |
16.8% |
|
SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return |
139.0 |
1.2% |
1.8% |
