- Swiss Market Index
Infobox Index
name = Swiss Market Index
caption = SMI performance between 1988 and 2008
foundation =30 June 1988
operator =SWX Swiss Exchange
exchanges = SWX Swiss Exchange
constituents = 20
cap_level = Large cap
mc
CHF 993.8 billion (2007) [cite web|url=http://www.swx.com/monthly_reports/productive_env/2007/12/Mb_swx_stat_200712.pdf|title=Statistical Monthly Report – December 2007|date=January 2008|publisher=SWX Swiss Exchange|accessdate=2008-08-19]
weighting = Market value-weighted
related =SMI Mid ,SMI Expanded
homepage = [http://www.swx.com/trading/products/indices/stock_indices/smi/smi_en.html at swx.com]The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is
Switzerland 's blue-chipstock market index , which makes it the most important in the country. It is made up of twenty of the largest and most liquid SPI large- and mid-capstock s. As a price index, the SMI is not adjusted fordividends , but a performance index that takes account of such distributions is available (the SMIC - SMI Cum Dividend).The SMI was introduced on
30 June 1988 at a baseline value of 1500 points. Its composition is examined once a year. Calculation takes place in real-time: as soon as a new transaction occurs in a security contained in the SMI, an updated index level is calculated and displayed.The securities contained in the SMI currently represent more than 90% of the entire
market capitalisation , as well as of 90% trading volume, of all Swiss and Liechtenstein equities listed on theSWX Swiss Exchange . Because the SMI is considered to be a mirror of the overall Swiss stock market, it is used as the underlying index for numerous derivative financial instruments such as options, futures andindex fund s (e.g. ETFs).Rules
Acceptance criteria
To be accepted into the SMI, a given issue must meet stringent requirements with regard to liquidity and market capitalisation. On one hand, it must represent at least 50% of the average liquidity of the SPI constituent issues and, on the other, have a minimum free-float capitalisation equal to 0.45% or more of the entire SPI capitalisation. Moreover, trading volume and capitalisation are the determining factors in the quarterly rankings. The composition of the index is reviewed annually on the third Friday in September.
2007 restructuring
The SMI comprises a fixed number of 20 securities as of the ordinary review date in September 2007. Prior to this date, the index contained 25 listings. The ranking as of
30 June 2007 (according to average capitalisation and the turnover achieved during one year, i.e. from1 July 2006 through30 June 2007 ) determined which companies would remain within the SMI. On5 July 2007 , SWX announced thatCiba Specialty Chemicals ,Lonza Group ,Givaudan , SGS and one of the two classes of shares of Swatch Group would leave the SMI as of24 September ,2007 leaving 20 securities in the index.cite press release
title=SWX Indices: Adjustments to SMI, SMIM and SLI composition and SPI Small/Mid/Large breakdown
publisher=SWX Swiss Exchange
date=2007-07-05
url=http://www.swx.com/media_releases/2007/media20070705b_en.pdf
accessdate=2007-07-18]Constituents
The following 20 stocks make up the SMI index after the index restructuring effective
22 September ,2008 . [cite web
title=SWX Indices: Adjustments to SMI®, SMIM® and SLI® composition and SPI® small/middle/large breakdown
publisher=SWX Swiss Exchange
date=8 July 2008
url=http://www.swx.com/swx_messages/online/swx_message_200807081732_en.pdf
accessdate=2007-09-22]fnb|1 - Weightings accurate on 22 September 2008. Source: [http://www.swx.com/trading/products/indices/stock_indices/smi/basket/smi_en.html SMI Basket] , SWX Swiss Exchange.
See also
*
SWX Swiss Exchange
*Swiss Performance Index References
External links
* [http://www.swx.com/download/trading/products/indices/stock_indices/smi/smifamily_indexrules_en.pdf SMI rules]
* [http://www.swx.com/swx_messages/2007/swx0107e.pdf SWX release on index restructuring]
* [http://www.swx.com/index_info/online/equity_index_selectionlist.xls New equity index selection list]
* [http://www.swx.com/trading/products/indices/stock_indices/smi/basket/smi_en.html SMI basket]
* [http://www.swx.com/trading/products/indices/stock_indices_en.html Share Indices at SWX Swiss Exchange]
* [http://www.swx.com SWX-Homepage]
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