SIX Swiss Exchange Posts 38.6% Monthly Drop in Total Turnover for April 2023

SIX Group, a leading financial firm that operates the infrastructure for the Swiss financial centre, has published the monthly key figures of SIX Swiss Exchange on trading and listing activities for April 2023, revealing an overall slump.

Key Figures for April 2023:

• Total trading turnover of the exchange for the month was CHF 77.5 billion, 38.6% lower than CHF 126.2 billion in the prior month. The number of transactions decreased by 38.0% from 5,567,069 to 3,453,072 on a monthly basis.

• Trading turnover of Equities was CHF 62.10 billion (-39.2% MoM / -26.4% YoY), while the number of transactions was 3,270,057 (-38.3% MoM / -29.4% YoY).

• Trading turnover of Fixed Income was CHF 11,16 billion (-34.7% MoM / 3.9% YoY), while the number of transactions was 34,898 (-28.0% MoM / 55.0% YoY).

• Trading turnover of ETF was CHF 3.68 billion (-37.4% MoM / -64.8% YoY), while the number of transactions was 121,390 (-28.6% MoM / -15.0% YoY).

• Trading turnover of Securitized Derivatives was CHF 578 million (-48.6% MoM / -36.7% YoY), while the number of transactions was 26,727 (-43.2% MoM / -34.1% YoY).

• The SMI® stood at 11,437.1 points at the end of April 2023, 3.0% higher than 11,106.2 points in the prior month.