B1G Numbers May 2024: Key Figures from SIX Swiss Exchange

The SMI rose significantly in May 2024, climbing by 6.6% to reach 12,000.9 points at the end of the month – its highest level since early May 2022. YTD, the SMI is up 7.8%. Trading turnover also developed very favourably in May. At around CHF 105.6 bn, the increase was 14.7% compared to April 2024 and 20.5% compared to May 2023. Trading transactions show a different picture: around 11% fewer transactions were carried out than in the previous month. Since the beginning of the year, 20.6 mn trades were carried out, slightly down by 2% compared to the first five months of 2023.

In ETFs, the number of transactions continues to develop positively, with a YOY increase of 27% to over 900,000 transactions since January. This is supported by a lively listing activity, with 110 new issues in the first five months of the year compared to 150 new products in the entire 2023. The number of tradable ETFs has thus risen to 1,772. 

Trading turnover in structured products remained at a low level compared to the previous year, although the positive listing activity continued in this area. We recorded over 47,000 new product listings in the first five months of the year. 

In the video below, André Buck, Global Head Sales & Relationship Management at SIX Swiss Exchange, talks you through the highlights of May 2024, including a new turnover record for Auction Volume Discovery (AVD). 

Detailed statistics on turnover and transaction volumes per segment compared with the previous month and previous year, on newly listed products and on the development of the most important indices can be found in the media releases of SIX.

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The B1G Numbers videos provide transparency for the the market and wider public. This includes the development of trading volumes, the number of trades and the performance our blue chip index SMI, among other highlights. The B1G Numbers are presented by André Buck, Global Head Sales & Relationship Management. Discover previous editions