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In February 2013, daily turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange averaged CHF 4.2 billion, with 135,548 trades being conducted each day. Turnover has totaled CHF 175.0 billion since the start of the year, which equates to an increase of 4.1% versus the first two months of the previous year. There has also been a rise in the number of transactions: the 5,658,867 trades represent a year-on-year increase of 1.9%. In particular, there have been increases in the segments of equities including funds+ ETSFs + ETPs and ETFs.
February, which had one trading day fewer than January, saw a total of 2,710,958 transactions being conducted (-8.0%), with turnover of CHF 84.2 billion (-7.4%). The decrease affected all segments. In the equities segment including funds + ETSFs + ETPs, the number of transactions, at 2,516,609 was down by 8% versus January and turnover, at CHF 59.5 billion, was 1.9% lower than the January total. Trading turnover in ETFs fell by 8.3% to CHF 7.8 billion, and the number of trades was down by 11.3% to 76,608. In structured products and warrants, turnover dropped by 2.8% to CHF 2.5 billion and the number of transactions decreased to 74,928 (-4.2%). In the CHF bond segment, turnover fell by 24.9% to CHF 14.2 billion, with transactions down by 13.3% to 41,322.
A total of 36 new CHF bond issues (+125%) and 3,697 new structured products and warrants (-20.3%) were admitted to trading in February. In all, 52 new CHF bonds (-1.9%) and 8,334 new structured products and warrants (-4.3%) have been listed since the start of the year.
The most relevant equity indices trended higher in February 2013: the blue chip SMI® index closed the month at 7,593.7 points (+2.7% compared with the prior month, +11.3% versus end-2012), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR came in at 1,154.6 points (+2.8% month-on-month, +11.3% versus end-2012) and the broader-based SPI® stood at 7,024.5 points (+3.5% versus the previous month, +11.7% compared with end-2012).
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