In 2018 to date, a total of 5,949,142 transactions have been executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange, a year-on-year rise of 41.6 per cent.
There were 5,731,066 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating to an increase of 42.3 per cent. There were 32,971 transactions (+10.6 per cent) in the CHFbonds segment.
In 2018 to date trading turnover across all securities is up 3.5 per cent on the corresponding period in the previous year at CHF124.7 billion.
Average daily trading turnover in January 2018 came in at CHF5.9 billion. This increase was predominantly thanks to turnover in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, which climbed by 7.0 per cent. In CHFbonds, turnover was down by 17.4 per cent to CHF10.4 billion, while trading turnover in ETFs fell by 5.2 per cent to CHF10.8 billion.
The performance of the equities including funds + ETPs segment was as follows: at 5,731,066, the number of trades was up 51.7 per cent on the previous month’s level, while turnover climbed by 25.3 per cent to CHF99.7 billion. Trading turnover in ETFs rose by 12.0 per cent to CHF10.8 billion, while the number of trades was up by 39.5 per cent to 115,421. In structured products and warrants, turnover was up 30.6 per cent to CHF1.8 billion. The number of trades increased by 21.1 per cent to 68,255. The number of CHFbond trades rose by 13.1 per cent to 32,971, with turnover increasing by 14.9 per cent to CHF10.4 billion.
A total of 17 new CHFbonds (+21.4 per cent month-on-month) and 3,592 new structured products and warrants (+40.0 per cent versus the prior month) were admitted to trading in January. This means that in total 17 new CHFbonds (+30.8 per cent) and 3,592 new structured products and warrants (+21.0 per cent year-on-year) have been listed in the year to date.
The performance of the leading equity indices in January 2018 was as follows: the blue chip SMI index stood at 9,335.4 points at the end of January (-0.5 per cent versus end-2017). The SLI Swiss Leader Index closed at 1,531.8 points (+0.9 per cent), while the broader-based SPI came in at 10,737.5 points (-0.1 per cent). The SBI AAA-BBB Total Return index was down 1.1 per cent versus end-2017 at 134.9 points.
