In January 2011, revenues on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland amounted to CHF 101.6 billion. This was a significant improvement of 18.2% over December 2010. The number of transactions represented an even better performance than revenues, rising by 29.1% to 3,189,044 in January 2011. The ETF segment was again a highlight, with revenues in this area rising by 16% to CHF 7.5 billion. This was the third best month in its history behind May 2010 and October 2008. The number of ETF trades came to 78,947, the second most ever behind May 2010 and an increase of 19% over December 2010. The structured products and warrants segments also saw an increase in both revenues and trades to CHF 4.1 billion (25.9%) and 124,451 (34.1%), respectively.
The key equity indices performed as follows in 2011: The blue chip index SMI closed at 6,479.2 (up 0.7% on the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index PR climbed to 1,034.4 (+1.7%) and the more broad-based SPI ended January slightly up at 5,815.0 (+0.4%). 3,838 new structured products and warrants (+9.5% on December 2010) and 22 new CHF bonds (-12%) were admitted to trading during the month.
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