About the SMI

The blue-chip index SMI is the most important equity index in Switzerland and comprises the 20 largest stocks from the SPI. The SMI covers approximately 75% of the total capitalization of the Swiss equity market. It is free-float-adjusted, which means that only the tradable portion of the shares is considered in the index. A capping of the weights (quarterly to 18% in each case and ad-hoc if the limits are breached) ensures that no two components exceed a weighting of 20%. This makes the SMI fully compliant with the ESMA UCITS guidelines and it can be used as a benchmark index for the Swiss equity market in the European Union.

Because the SMI represents the Swiss equity market, it is used as an underlying index for many financial products such as options, futures, structured products and exchange traded funds.

On 30 June 1988, the SMI was standardized at 1'500 points. Its composition is reviewed once a year. Calculation takes place in real time, i.e. each new transaction involving a stock included in the SMI causes the index to be recalculated.

 

Launched on 30 Jun 1988
History available since 29 Jan 1988

Daily SMI Performance

 

Historical SMI Data

Key Product Information on the SMI

  • Swiss Market Index SMI® Total Return

    The Swiss Market Index SMI® Total Return (SMIC) measures the development of the Swiss Blue Chip equity market. The 20 largest and most liquid equity instruments traded at SIX are selected as components.

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  • Swiss Market Index SMI® Price

    The Swiss Market Index SMI® Price measures the development of the Swiss Blue Chip equity market. The 20 largest and most liquid equity instruments traded at SIX are selected as components. The index composition is fixed to 20 shares which are weighted by their free float market capitalisation and a capping is applied at 18% for single components.

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  • Swiss Index

    Methodology Rulebook Governing Equity and Real Estate Indices

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