August 2016: SIX Swiss Exchange Structured Products Increase Turnover

In August 2016, Structured Products and Warrants registered a turnover of CHF 1.6 billion, an increase of 17.7% over the previous month. Turnover in Bonds non-CHF also increased, by 5.6% to CHF 2.1 billion. In total however,SIX Swiss Exchange und SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd registered a decline in turnover by 13.2% to CHF 79.6 billion. The number of trades was also lower compared to the previous month, declining by 8.7% to a total of 3'188'768 transactions.

A total of 32'095'451 transactions have been conducted since the start of 2016. This marks a year-on-year decrease of7.6%. There have been 30'724'164 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating to a decline of 7.0%. Since the start of 2016, trading turnover across all securities has fallen by 10.9% in total to CHF 858.5 billion. Turnover has therefore averaged CHF 5.1 billion per day. This decrease is primarily attributable to declining turnover in the equities including funds + ETPs segment (-8.0%).

More 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, the SIX Swiss Exchange website provides daily figures for volume and turnover.