Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: September 2015

Trading turnover in September: CHF 111.7 billion (+4.0% in comparison with the previous month)
Number of trades in September: 4,688,559 (+10.7% month-on-month)

Trading turnover since the start of the year: CHF 1,075.7 billion (+28.5% year-on-year)

The first three quarters of 2015 saw more trades being conducted than in the whole of 2014.

In comparison with the previous month, in September 2015 there was a rise in both the number of transactions and the turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange. All in all, the number of trades was up by 10.7% to 4,688,559, with turnover rising by 4.0% to CHF 111.7 billion.

Activity in the equities including funds + ETPs segment was higher than average. There were 4,511,200 trades, an increase of 11.9% on the previous month, with turnover up by 4.5% to CHF 89.4 billion. The increase in the CHF bonds segment was even more pronounced: the number of trades climbed by 17.0%, while trading turnover was up by 35.5% to CHF 13.7 billion. In contrast, trading turnover in ETFs fell by 31.9% to CHF 5.8 billion, while the number of transactions dropped by 21.4% to 71,673. There was also a decline in the trading activity in structured products and warrants. With the number of trades down by 18%, turnover in September fell by a third to CHF 1.3 billion.

A total of 39,421,645 trades have been conducted since the start of 2015. This not only represents an increase of 39.8% versus the first three quarters of the previous year, it also exceeds the total number of transactions carried out last year. This is primarily due to the sharp growth of 41.4% to 37,539,496 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment.

Since the start of 2015, trading turnover across all securities has risen by 28.5% in total to CHF 1,075.7 billion. Turnover has therefore averaged CHF 5.7 billion per day. All segments have contributed to this increase, but primarily the equities including funds + ETPs segment in this case as well (+34.1% to 825.6 billion). Turnover in CHF bonds climbed by 12.6% to CHF 139.2 billion, ETF turnover rose by 14.4% to 76.4 billion, while turnover in structured products and warrants increased by 10.5% to CHF 22.6 billion.

A total of 21 new CHF bonds (+50.0%) and 2,707 new structured products and warrants (-23.1%) were admitted to trading in September. In all, this means that 215 new CHF bonds (-21.2%) and 33,541 new structured products and warrants (+15.5%) have been listed since the start of the year.

The most important equity indices trended lower in September 2015: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,513.4 points at the end of September (-3.5% month-on-month, -5.2% versus end-2014). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,245.1 points (-4.7% / -6.5%) and the broader-based SPI® at 8,679.8 points (-3.4% / -2.0%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was down versus August (-0.1% / +1.9% compared with end-2014) at 134.6 points.

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