The first month in the year 2015 was shaped by 15 January when historic highs were reached. With 949'988 trades and an overall trading volume of CHF 27.7 billion both figures were six times higher than the prior year's daily average. The previous records stood at 392'587 trades (9.8.2011) and a trading volume of CHF 27.4 billion (1.3.2007).
Overall, a record 6'215'436 trades were conducted in January 2015, which equates to around 311'000 trades a day. The prior-year figure was thus exceeded by 72.7%. There were 5'930'170 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment alone, equating to an increase of 75.7% versus January 2014.
January was also an extremely strong month as regards trading turnover. At CHF 181.6 billion, 59.1% higher than in January 2014, the highest monthly turnover since October 2008 (CHF 196.4 billion) was recorded. Turnover averaged CHF 9.1 billion per day in January 2015. Turnover of CHF 133.3 billion in the equities including funds and ETPs segment (+63.5%) was the primary contributor to this increase.
Outstanding reliability and stability
In the entire month of January, the trading platform of SIX Swiss Exchange functioned smoothly at all times. As usual, SIX was therefore able to ensure that trading was fair and transparent and investors were able to implement their investment decisions.
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.