- Trading turnover since the start of the year: CHF 401.3 billion (+11.9% versus 2013)
- Average trading turnover per day since the start of the year of CHF 4.9 billion
- Thurgauer Kantonalbank and Bravofly Rumbo Group N.V. now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange
Since the start of 2014, trading turnover totaling CHF 401.3 billion has been generated on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange, representing an increase of 11.9% on the prior-year period. This equates to average daily securities trading of CHF 4.9 billion. All segments have contributed to the higher trading turnover. For example, trading turnover increased by 15.2% in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, while ETFs reported an increase of 11.8% and turnover in structured products and warrants improved by 5.6%. The increase posted by international bonds was as much as 554.4%. Only in the case of bonds CHF was there a reduction in turnover, which fell by 6.9% to CHF 53.5 billion.
The number of trades carried out during the first four months of the year also increased relative to the prior- year period. In total, the number of trades rose by 12.4% to 13,081,771. This can primarily be attributed to trading activity in the equities including funds + ETPs segment which recorded an increase of 13.5% (12,278,848 trades). While bonds CHF (+5.9%) and international bonds (+20.5%) also succeeded in recording an increase in trades, the number of trades for ETFs (-3.4%) and structured products and warrants (-5.7%) fell.
A total of 3,118,116 trades (-4.4%) were conducted in April 2014, generating turnover of CHF 91.1 billion (-9.7%). The performance of the largest segment, equities including funds + ETPs, was as follows: the number of trades (2,938,265) was down 3.8% on the previous month, while turnover fell by 8.5% to CHF 69.1 billion. Trading turnover in ETFs fell by 1.9% to CHF 6.8 billion and the number of trades was down by 13.5% to 68,699. Turnover in structured products and warrants declined by 13.9% (CHF 2.1 billion), while 11.0% fewer trades (67,386) were recorded. Bond CHF trades were down by 13.0% to 42,107, with turnover falling by 17.5% to CHF 12.4 billion.
32 new bond CHF issues (+14.3%) and 3,575 new structured products and warrants (+2.3%) were admitted to trading in April. In all, this means that 113 new CHF bonds (0.0%) and 14,132 new structured products and warrants (-12.6%) have been listed since the start of the year. The listing of Thurgauer Kantonalbank (participation certificates) and Bravofly Rumbo Group N.V. (bearer shares) saw two new companies welcomed to SIX Swiss Exchange.
The leading equity indices rose slightly in April 2014: the blue chip SMI® index stood at 8,476.7 points at the end of April (+0.3% month-on-month, +3.3% versus end-2013). The SLI Swiss Leader Index® stood at 1,300.2 points (+0.4%/+3.4%) and the broader-based SPI® at 8,333.7 points (+1.6%/+6.3%). The SBI® AAA-BBB Total Return index was up versus March (+0.7%/+2.6% compared with end-2013) at 126.9 points.