07/01/2009 Key figures SIX Swiss Exchange, SWX Europe and Scoach Switzerland

For all of 2008, SIX Swiss Exchange, SWX Europe and Scoach Switzerland Ltd. recorded an all-time high in terms of the number of ….

executed transaction: 45,185,748, which represents an increase of 27.9% versus the previous year. Trading turnover in monetary terms amounted to CHF 1.934 trillion, a 23.5%decline compared to the record high seen in 2007.

Compared to the previous year, bond trading increased by 24.3% and in ETFs by an impressive 37.0%.The blue chip SMI® index closed out the year at 5,534.5 (-34.77% versus the year-end 2007 reading), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 789.7 (-39.09 %), and the broad-based SPI® at 4,567.6 (-34.05%).

Source: ETFWorld.co.uk – SIX Swiss Exchange