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- More trading turnover in the first ten months than the whole of the previous year
- Average trading turnover per day of CHF 5.6 billion
- Key equity and bond indices advanced in October
Trading turnover across all securities on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange rose 22.6% year-on-year in the first ten months to CHF 1,177.5 billion, thereby exceeding the figure for the whole of the previous year (CHF 1,148.2 billion). Turnover averaged CHF 5.6 billion per day. All segments contributed to the increase, most notably sales in the equities including funds + ETPs (+27.5%), CHF bonds (+8.6%) and ETFs (+9.9%) segments.
A total of 43,775,064 transactions were conducted in the first ten months, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%. The total figure for the previous year had already been exceeded by September. There were 41,714,404 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating to a rise of 36.0%. There was also a significant increase in the number of trades conducted in the ETFs (+18.3%) and structured products and warrants (+10.7%) segments.
October 2015 saw a total of 4,353,311 trades with a turnover of CHF 101.6 billion. This represents a month- on-month fall of 7.2% in the number of trades and 9.2% in terms of trading turnover. 4,174,907 trades were registered in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, with turnover down by 10.1% to CHF 80.4 billion. The number of CHF bond trades was up 4.0% at 38,482, although turnover fell by 17.5% to CHF 11.4 billion. The ETF segment performed very well: trading turnover increased by 18.5% to CHF 6.9 billion, while the number of trades conducted grew by 11.0% (79,560). Whereas trading turnover in terms of structured products and warrants rose by 7.6% to CHF 1.4 billion, 12.8% fewer transactions (58,970) were recorded.
19 (-9.5%) new CHF bond issues and 2,953 (+9.1%) new structured products and warrants were admitted to trading in October. In all, 234 (-23.3%) new CHF bonds and 36,493 (+8.2%) new structured products and warrants have been listed since the start of the year.
All key equity indices trended higher in October 2015: The blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,938.7 points at the end of October (+5.0% month-on-month, -0.5% versus end-2014). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,337.2 points (+7.4%/+0.5%) and the broader-based SPI® at 9,133.5 points (+5.2%/+3.1%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was up versus September at 135.8 points (+0.9%/+2.8% compared with end- 2014).
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