While July is typically a calmer trading month due to seasonal factors, YOY comparisons show double-digit growth in terms of both trading turnover and number of transactions across SIX Swiss Exchange and BME Exchange.
ETFs were the strongest performing trading segments in this regard on both markets in July 2026. On SIX Swiss Exchange, ETF turnover grew by almost a third (31.2%) and was up by four fifths (81.7%) on BME Exchange, compared with July last year.
SIX Swiss Exchange and BME Exchange both reported continued growth in equities trading turnover, up 17.3% and 14.0% respectively over July 2025. This culminated in CHF 81.8 bn in equities traded on the Swiss market, and EUR 41.6 bn on the Spanish market.
Overall turnover for SIX markets reached CHF 157.7 bn for the month with a year-on-year (YOY) turnover increase of 14.5%. In total, over CHF 1.1 tn has been traded since the start of 2026, an increase of 15.2%. Total transactions grew by 21.4% in comparison to July 2025.
In terms of product listings, Structured products also reported strong YOY growth, having more than doubled (116.7%) on the Swiss market and more than tripling (237.7%) on BME Exchange.
On the primary markets, July saw several new companies list on SIX markets. Healthcare real estate company Infracore listed on the Swiss market on 9 July 2026, raising CHF 200 mn through new share issuances and valuing the company at CHF 826 mn. DIGI debuted on the Spanish main market on 16 July 2026 with an implied valuation of approximately EUR 1.7 bn. The telecom company represents the sixteenth company to join BME’s markets in 2026 (three of them in the main market and 13 in BME’s growth markets).
In July, the Swiss blue chip SMI rose by 1.1% to reach 14,346.1 points, which results in a YTD performance of 8.1%. The IBEX 35 concluded the month at 19,783.0 points, an increase of 1.6% from its June close, up 14.3% since the start of the year.