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- Trading turnover of CHF 752.6 billion (+30.9% versus the same period in 2014)
- Average trading turnover per day of CHF 6.2 billion
- PLAZZA AG now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange; Van Eck Global Investments Ltd. a new ETF issuer
In the first half of 2015, there was considerably higher trading activity on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange than in the corresponding period of the previous year. In all, 26,362,644 trades were executed, with a trading turnover of CHF 752.6 billion. Compared with the first half of 2014, this equates to an increase in the number of transactions of 39.6% and in the trading turnover of 30.9%. There was a daily average of 216,087 trades and a trading turnover of CHF 6.2 billion. All segments experienced higher trading turnover. Growth in the equities including funds + ETPs segment was particularly strong. This segment saw 41.2% more transactions (25,057,766) being executed, with trading turnover rising by 35.2% to CHF 567.7 billion.
A total of 4,257,865 trades were conducted in June 2015, generating turnover of CHF 117.6 billion. This represents an increase of 11.8% compared with the prior month. Trading turnover rose 16.9% to CHF 117.6 billion.
The performance of the equities including funds + ETPs segment was as follows: there were 4,065,728 trades, an increase of 12.0% on the previous month, with trading turnover up by 15.4% to CHF 90.5 billion. Trading turnover in ETFs fell by 5.3% to CHF 6.5 billion, though the number of trades was up by 4.5% to 79,368. Trading turnover in structured products and warrants doubled to CHF 5.9 billion (+202.8%). In addition, there were 8.5% more trades, at 71,892. In CHF bonds, the volume of trades (39,582) outstripped that of the prior month by 16.1%, with trading turnover exceeding that of May by 11.3% (CHF 13.6 billion).
A total of 35 new CHF bond issues (+20.7%) and 3,598 new structured products and warrants (+3.4%) were admitted to trading in June. In addition, PLAZZA AG is now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Van Eck Global Investments Ltd. was welcomed as a new ETF issuer. In all, this means that 167 new CHF bonds (- 5.1%) and 23,523 new structured products and warrants (+21.8%) have been listed since the start of the year.
The performance of the leading equity indices in June 2015 was as follows: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,780.9 points at the end of June (-4.9% month-on-month, -2.3% versus end-2014). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,319.0 points (-4.5%/-0.9%) and the broader-based SPI® at 8,918.6 points (-4.9%/+0.7%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was down versus May (-1.0%/+1.0% compared with end-2014) at 133.5 points.
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