Cumulative turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in March 2010 amounted to CHF 111.9 billion, practically unchanged from the previous month. The number of transactions executed during March edged up by 0.2% versus February to reach a total of 2,933,798. Turnover in the Structured Products and Warrants segment demonstrated a very strong trend: it rose in March to CHF 3.5 billion, a 10.1% increase over the previous month. The number of trades in ETFs also surged in fact by +14.0% to 56,124 for the month of March.
Almost all of the share indices gained ground in March: the blue chip SMI index ended the month at 6,873.4 (+2.4% higher than the previous month), the SLI Swiss Leader Index PR at 1,056.5 (+4.7%) and the broadly based SPI at 6,007.8 (+4.2 %).
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