In January 2009, the number of trades executed on SIX Swiss Exchange, SWX Europe and Scoach Switzerland Ltd. amounted to 3,203,856, an 18.3 % increase versus December 2008. Total turnover for the month stood at CHF 94.1 billion, a 2.0 % decline compared to the previous month. All Swiss share indices lost ground, with the blue chip SMI® closing out January at 5290.1 (-4.4 % versus the end of 2008), the SLI Swiss Leader Index® PR at 751.7 (-4.8 %) and the broadly based SPI® at 4,375.7 (-4.2 %).
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