Revenues on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland came to CHF 102.2 billion in February 2011. This 0.5% increase compared with January 2011 is all the more pleasing because there were only 20 trading days in the month (January had 21 trading days). The number of transactions declined by 3.9% to 3,064,576. Equities, including funds, ETSFs and ETPs, posted a 2.8% rise to CHF 77.5 billion, while the number of actual trades fell by 4.2% to 2,812,268. The structured products and warrants segment saw both revenues and trades advance, as the former shot up by 7.6% to CHF 4.4 billion, and the latter was 3.9% higher at 129,309.
The key equity indices had a positive month in February. The blue chip index SMI® closed at 6,610.4 points (up 2.0% on the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR rose 2.3% to 1,058.0 points, and the more broad-based SPI® was up 2.4% to 5,952.3 points.
February 2011 saw the admission to trading of 3,825 new structured products and warrants (down 0.3% compared with January), and 55 new CHF bonds (+150.0%).
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