The turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland amounted to CHF 104.4 billion in April 2010. Compared to March 2010, this represents a loss of 6.8%. The number of trades increased by 1.5% to 2,978,275 versus the previous month which, with 23 trading days, had 3 more trading days than the month under review. The turnover and the number of trades in the Structured products and warrants segment, however, developed positively. The turnover in April increased by 4.3% to CHF 3.7 billion and the number of trades by 9.5% to 134,791.
The stock indices decreased predominately in April 2010: the blue chip index SMI® closed at 6,616.8 points (-3.7% compared to the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 1,018.7 points (-3.6%) and the more broad-based SPI® at 5,847.4 points (-2.7%).
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