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- Trading turnover in the year to date of CHF 778.3 billion (-9.2% versus the corresponding period last year)
- Number of trades 28,906,633 (-5.2% year-on-year)
- Average trading turnover per day of CHF 5.3 billion in July
A total of 28,906,633 transactions have been conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange since the start of 2016. This represents a decline (-5.2%) year-on-year, largely due to the record-high transaction volumes following the removal of the EUR/CHF floor in January 2015. The same trend is reflected in trading turnover, which has fallen by 9.2% to CHF 778.3 billion since the start of 2016. Turnover therefore averaged CHF 5.3 billion per day in July 2016.
July 2016 saw a total of 3,491,374 trades with a turnover of CHF 91.1 billion. This corresponds to a decline of 20.1% versus the previous month. Turnover was down by 22.9%. The performance of the equities including funds + ETPs segment was as follows: there were 3,332,735 trades, a decline of 20.2% on the previous month, with turnover down by 26.9% to CHF 67.4 billion. Meanwhile, trading turnover in ETFs increased, climbing by 11.4% to CHF 10.2 billion. However, this increase was not reflected in the number of transactions, which fell by 16.0% to 78,006. Structured products and warrants turned in a steady performance (+0,0%) with turnover of CHF 1.3 billion. However, the number of trades was down by 18.6% to 50,028. CHF bond trades decreased by 17.2% to 28,503, with turnover falling by 20.7% to CHF 10.1 billion.
A total of 24 new CHF bond issues (-4.0%) and 3,108 new structured products and warrants (+10.3%) were admitted to trading in July. In all, 161 new CHF bonds (-10.6%) and 21,643 new structured products and warrants (-20.8%) have therefore been listed since the start of the year.
The performance of the leading equity indices in July 2016 was as follows: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,127.2 points at the end of July (+1.3% month-on-month, -7.8% versus end-2015). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,208.7 points (+2.4%/-9.3%) and the broader-based SPI® at 8,828.2 points (+1.9%/-2.9%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return was down versus June (-0.1%/+3.8%) to 139.5 points.
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