OREANDA-NEWS. SIX Swiss Exchange today published the latest edition of its Bonds Quarterly Statistics. In the second quarter of 2015, turnover in the CHF bonds segment amounted to CHF 38.4 billion, down 43% against the previous quarter. Year-on-year, turnover declined by 7%.

A year-on-year comparison of the individual months reveals that turnover increased in April, but then fell slightly in both May and June. The non-CHF bonds segment posted excellent figures for the first half of the year. Turnover for the first two quarters advanced 42% year-on-year to CHF 7.4 billion.

Demand for technology high, but limited interest in financial securities and government bonds

Within the CHF bonds segment, technology sector turnover advanced 81% quarter-on-quarter to CHF 334 million. By contrast, the two strongest sectors in terms of turnover - financials and governments - saw trading volumes fall.

The rise in the number of CHF bonds with a primary listing was encouraging. As at end-June, the segment comprised 1'732 securities, a gain of 1% quarter-on-quarter and 4% year-on-year. It is worth noting that the number of CHF bonds from Swiss issuers rose by 34 to 888, continuing the rising trend, while the number of CHF bonds from foreign issuers dropped a further 19 to 844.