SIX Swiss Exchange April 2015 Turnover A Third Above Previous Year

In April 2015, SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd registered a turnover of CHF 103.5 billion,13.4% higher than in the same month in the previous year (CHF 91.2 bn). Since the start of the year, trading turnover across all securities has risen by 33.1% in total to CHF 534.3 billion. This increase is primarily attributable to turnover in the equities including funds + ETPs (+34.3%) segment.

The number of transactions in April amounted to 3'727'370. Since the beginning of the year, the total reached 18'297'635. This corresponds to an increase of 39.9% over the same period in the previous year. The majority of the transactions was executed in the segment equities incl. funds + ETPs. With 17'362'426 trades, it surpasses the previous year by even41.4%.

More detailed figures are available in the statistical monthly report[PDF]. An overview of order book quality atSIX Swiss Exchange is reflected in the Equity Liquidity Matrix (ELM), while our tool Intraday Activity allows a monitoring of daily trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange. Furthermore, our website provides daily figures for volume and turnover.