Year-on-year rise for Six Swiss 02 September 2014Zurich Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe
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SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange have marked a year-on-year increase of 7.1 percent with a total of 25,090,618 transactions being conducted since the start of 2014.
There was a rise of 8.2 percent in equities, including funds and the exchange traded products (ETPs) segment, but a 0.8 percent decline in the Swiss Franc (CHF) bonds segment.
Trading turnover across all securities has risen by 7 percent to just over $805 billion, which equates to an average daily turn over of $4.89 billion.
In the equities including funds and ETPs segment, the number of deals declined by 14.9 percent on the previous month, with turnover down by 15.1 percent.
Among exchange traded funds, trading turnover fell by 11.3 percent and the number of trades declined by 13.1 percent.
CHF bond trades were down by 15.5 percent, with turnover falling by 17.9 percent. Thirteen new CHF bonds were issued and 2,823 new structured products and warrants were admitted to trading in August.
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