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For 2007, the SWX Swiss Exchange, virt-x and Scoach Switzerland Ltd. recorded all-time highs in turnover and the total number of transactions. Annual turnover rose by 27.7% versus the previous year to reach an impressive CHF 2,527 billion. Particularly noteworthy was the explosion in trading activity in structured products and warrants, which grew by 56.7%. ETFs also registered a marked increase of 51.7%. For ETFs, the number of listed products rose from 61 (end of 2006) to 125 (end of 2007). The number of listed structured products and warrants surged from 10,369 (end of 2006) to ca. 19,000 (end of 2007). The number of transactions in equities (including funds and Exchange Traded Structured Funds) recorded a 46.3% gain compared to 2006. Today at 11:00 a.m., the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,518.2 points (-3.05% versus the end of 2006), the newly introduced SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 1,299.5 points (-1.06%) and the broadly based SPI® at 6,942.24 points (+0.19%).
Trading days: 249
| Turnover in mio. CHF | Change versus previous year | No. of Trades | |
| Equities incl. Funds + ETSFs | 2,250,741 | 29.6% | 32,144,872 |
| Bonds CHF | 152,554 | -1.2% | 339,284 |
| Exchange Traded Funds | 28,796 | 51.7% | 176,281 |
| International Bonds | 19,535 | -2.4% | 121,948 |
| Structured Products and Warrants | 75,359 | 56.7% | 2,538,863 |
| TOTAL | 2,526,986 | 27.7% | 35,321,248 |
| Last Trading day 2007 11:00 | Change vs. year-end 2006 | |
| SMI® | 8,518.2 | -3.05% |
| SMIM® Price | 1,668.5 | 0.15% |
| SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR | 1,299.5 | -1.06% |
| SPI® | 6,942.2 | 0.19% |
| SPI Extra® Total Return | 2,272.4 | 7.77% |
| SXI LIFE SCIENCES® Total Return | 1,936.2 | -2.67% |
| SXI Bio+Medtech® Total Return | 2,121.5 | -2.53% |
| SBI® Total Return | 130.5 | -0.53% |
| SBI® Rating AAA-BBB Total Return | 99.5 | -0.61% |
SMI End-of-Day All time high = 9531.46 (01.06.2007); SMI intraday all time high = 9548.09 (04.06.2007).
No. of Trades End-of Day All time high = 263,346 (17.08.2007).
N.B. Turnover and the total number of trades represent extrapolations (i.e. figures for the final trading day are provisional); index levels reflect the respective readings as at 11:00 a.m. on 28.12.2007.
