SIX Swiss Exchange September 2015: More Trades Conducted Than In 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.

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.

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