SMI
CHF 14,548
-0.03%
Swiss Stock Market (SIX)
SIX lists defensive pharma, food, and private-banking names, a franc-denominated haven tape in risk-off weeks. Key indices: SMI. Currency CHF. Dynamic local desks cover markets, politics, technology, disaster & climate, and macro catalysts.
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Market hours
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- Zurich02:04 localClosed
- Frankfurt02:04 localClosed
- Paris02:04 localClosed
- New York20:04 localClosed
- London01:04 localClosed
- Amsterdam02:04 localClosed
- Stockholm02:04 localClosed
- Milan02:04 localClosed
- Madrid02:04 localClosed
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Switzerland exchange desk
Official boardLocal exchange parameters, six currency pairs versus majors, and best-performing stocks by selectable period.
Exchange parameters
- Exchange
- SIX · SIX Swiss Exchange
- Benchmark
- SMI
- Session
- Zurich · Closed · 02:04
- Hours
- -
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
- Currency
- CHF
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Switzerland local desk
SIX lists defensive pharma, food, and private-banking names, a franc-denominated haven tape in risk-off weeks.
SMI
Zurich · closed
- SIXSIX Swiss Exchange
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Switzerland impact news
Markets, politics, technology, disaster & climate, macro, and economic drivers - flip stories with the arrows. Each item includes impact analysis and related stocks. Articles open in a popup or new tab.
Markets
Equities, exchanges, earnings, and local banking tape.
Mostly neutralMedium impact
European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first.
Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch LSE, WOSG, .FTSE, .GDAXI on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
Watches Of Switzerland Group (LSE:WOSG) Stock Seems About Right After An 81% Run
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch UBS, WSJ, .FTSE, .GDAXI on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks. On the Switze…
UBS considers leaving Switzerland over capital rule plans, WSJ reports
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch UBS, .FTSE, .GDAXI, .FCHI on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks. On the Swit…
How and why UBS could leave Switzerland
Politics
Elections, government, and policy that can move risk.
Mixed for stocksHigh impact
EM macro news can spill into global risk via FX and commodities.
Emerging-market inflation/rate stories often move local FX and can affect commodity exporters, miners, and global risk appetite. Developed-market indices usually react only if the move is large or contagion-related.
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch BBC, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch SWI, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
New rules coming into force in Switzerland on November 1
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Foreign Minister Valtonen to visit Switzerland - Finnish Government
Technology
Tech, AI, digital infrastructure, and startups.
Mostly neutralMedium impact
European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first.
Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch SWI, NVDA, AMD, AVGO on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks chan…
Study finds AI won’t solve skills shortage in Switzerland
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch NVDA, AMD, AVGO, .IXIC on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks ch…
Generative AI will not solve Switzerland’s workforce problem: it will only partially cushion the retirement wave
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch EY, NVDA, AMD, AVGO on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks chang…
Scaling AI personalization with small language models
Disaster & climate
Weather, outages, and disruption risks for markets.
Mostly neutralHigh impact
European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first.
Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch .FTSE, .GDAXI, .FCHI, .SPX on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
Wallcreeper winter range could expand across Switzerland
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch SWI, .FTSE, .GDAXI, .FCHI on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
Marine conservation target will take 265 years: Greenpeace
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch .FTSE, .GDAXI, .FCHI, .SPX on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
How Switzerland lost 20 percent of its ice in five years
Macro & policy
Inflation, rates, FX, fiscal, and central-bank news.
Mixed for stocksMedium impact
Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel.
Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge. On the Switzerland desk, watch ROG for spillover.
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch SMH, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Could a 164-year-old Swiss giant quit Switzerland?
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
The Most Budget-Friendly Towns For A Stay In Switzerland, According To Travel Guides And Tourism Data
- Crypto moves spill into risk appetite and crypto proxies. Watch IG, BTC.CM=, COIN, .IXIC on the tape. Large BTC/ETH swings can move crypto-exposed equities and sometimes broader risk sentiment. Treat single-coin headlines as high-beta risk signals unless equity indices also break.
US inflation hits 3.7% as Gold and Bitcoin fall but Dollar surges
Economic drivers
Industries and sectors that contribute most to GDP and export income.
Mixed for stocksMedium impact
Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel.
Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch UBS, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge. On…
Implement energy-efficient upgrades
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch NVDA, AMD, AVGO, .IXIC on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks ch…
Commodities caught between AI jitters and escalating energy risks
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Kazakhstan and Switzerland strengthen economic ties with $46 million in cooperation deals
Live wire
More headlines impacting Switzerland
- EM macro news can spill into global risk via FX and commodities. Watch .SPX, @GC.1, @CL.1, VALE on the tape. Emerging-market inflation/rate stories often move local FX and can affect commodity exporters, miners, and global risk appetite. Developed-market indices usually react onl…
Ebola patient in Nigeria believed to have contracted disease in Uganda, Switzerland says
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch UBS, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge. On…
Implement energy-efficient upgrades
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Ireland hits the road in Germany and Switzerland! - Welcome to Tourism Ireland
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch BBC, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch ROG, SWI, .SPX, .IXIC on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge. On t…
Currency pressure easing on Swiss pharma giant Roche
- European headline - watch STOXX/FTSE/DAX first. Watch .FTSE, .GDAXI, .FCHI, .SPX on the tape. Europe-centric news usually hits regional indices and banks/energy first. Spillover to US equities is stronger when the story is about rates, energy supply, or systemic banks.
Switzerland’s FinTech Ecosystem Returns to Singapore for 10th Year, Bringing Industry and Policymakers Together
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch SWI, .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
New rules coming into force in Switzerland on November 1
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch NVDA, AMD, AVGO, .IXIC on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks ch…
Commodities caught between AI jitters and escalating energy risks
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch SWI, NVDA, AMD, AVGO on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks chan…
Study finds AI won’t solve skills shortage in Switzerland
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Kazakhstan and Switzerland strengthen economic ties with $46 million in cooperation deals
- AI/chip headlines reprice growth leaders and suppliers. Watch NVDA, AMD, AVGO, .IXIC on the tape. AI and semiconductor stories often move mega-cap tech, chip designers, and equipment makers first. Broader indices follow when the names are heavyweights or when spending outlooks ch…
Generative AI will not solve Switzerland’s workforce problem: it will only partially cushion the retirement wave
- Macro release - stocks react through the rates channel. Watch .SPX, .IXIC, .FTSE, @CL.1 on the tape. Inflation, jobs, and growth prints reprice the policy path. Equity direction often mirrors whether yields rise or fall with the print. Use index quotes as the quick impact gauge.
Japanese tech company opens battery direct regeneration lab in Switzerland
Impacting data & catalysts
Macro, geopolitics, disasters, tech, and earnings that can spill into Switzerland risk. Local where tagged, plus high-relevance worldwide prints.
Macro / policy
Intraday macro data / speech risk windowFri, Oct 23
Hawkish surprises usually lift yields and pressure growth stocks; dovish tones often support the Nasdaq complex.
Tech release
Major smartphone / AI device launch windowSat, Oct 24
Strong attach rates for AI features tend to support the OEM and semiconductor suppliers; weak demand talk can reverse that quickly.
Disaster / disruption
Global shipping chokepoint disruption watchSun, Oct 25
Longer transit times usually pressure logistics margins and some retailers; tanker and freight names may firm.
Geopolitical risk
Trade / export-control policy checkpointSat, Oct 31
Tighter export limits usually weigh on chip designers and toolmakers; defense names can see an offsetting bid.
Macro / policy
- Fri, Oct 23Intraday macro data / speech risk window
- Fri, Nov 6Central bank decision window (G3)
Geopolitical risk
- Sat, Oct 31Trade / export-control policy checkpoint
Disaster / disruption
- Sun, Oct 25Global shipping chokepoint disruption watch
Tech release
- Sat, Oct 24Major smartphone / AI device launch window
- Mon, Nov 2Autonomous / EV software update cycle
Fri, Oct 23, 2026Macro / policyhigh impact
Intraday macro data / speech risk window
Same-day Fed speak, flash PMIs, or surprise data can swing rates and the equity complex before the close.
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Tech releasemedium impact
Major smartphone / AI device launch window
Hardware and AI-assistant unveilings can move the lead OEM, key suppliers, and competing platform names.
Sun, Oct 25, 2026Disaster / disruptionmedium impact
Global shipping chokepoint disruption watch
Red Sea / canal rerouting risk can lift freight rates and delay inventory for retailers and industrials.
Live earnings dates come from Finnhub when an API key is configured; other rows are illustrations. Verify against primary filings and calendars.
Switzerland country info
Key financial and economic indicators at a glance.
- Population
- 9 million
- GDP (2024)
- $884 billion
- Economic growth
- 1.3% (2024 est.)
- National debt
- CHF 220 billion
- Debt-to-GDP ratio
- 38%
- Inflation rate
- 1.1%
- Key interest rate
- 0.50%
- Credit rating
- Aaa / AAA
- Central bank
- Swiss National Bank
- Federal Councillor (Finance)
- Karin Keller-Sutter
- Next election due
- Federal Assembly elections in ~16 months (Oct 2027)
Leading banks
- UBS
- Raiffeisen
- Zurcher Kantonalbank
- Julius Baer
- Pictet
Market holidays
Upcoming sessions when the main equity market is typically closed.
- National Day1 Aug 2026
- Christmas Day25 Dec 2026
- New Year's Day1 Jan 2026
Economy by sector
Main areas contributing to Switzerland's GDP (2024), with best-performing related stocks this session.
- Services73.7%
- Industry25.1%
- Agriculture0.7%
- Services73.7%
Banking, pharma, and tourism.
Best performing
Financial opportunities in Switzerland
Investment themes, emerging sectors, and government-backed projects shaping the market.
Investment areas & markets
- Pharma & life sciences
Roche, Novartis, and a dense medtech cluster make Basel a global pharma capital.
- Wealth management
Swiss private banks manage trillions in cross-border assets, adapting to ESG and digital client demands.
- Precision engineering
Watchmaking heritage feeds into industrial automation, robotics, and micro-manufacturing.
Emerging investment markets
- Crypto Valley
Zug's blockchain and digital asset ecosystem hosts leading web3 foundations and token issuers.
- Cleantech
Energy efficiency, sustainable building tech, and carbon removal startups attract growing VC interest.
Government projects
- Rail 2050 expansion
SBB network upgrades for capacity, speed, and cross-border connectivity.
- Digital Switzerland strategy
Federal initiatives for e-government, cybersecurity, and AI governance frameworks.
Financial regulations & law
Official regulators, market rules, restricted areas, and key legislation for Switzerland · FINMA.
Financial regulations
- FINMA
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.
- Swiss National Bank
Monetary policy and systemic stability.
Market rules
- SIX Swiss Exchange rules
Listing and disclosure for SIX issuers.
Prohibited & restricted areas
- Sanctions & AML
SECO sanctions and AMLA restrict dealings with designated parties.
- Insider trading & market abuse
Prohibited under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act.
Important legislation
- Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA)
Markets, clearing, and market abuse framework.
- Banking Act / FINMA Act
Banking licenses and supervisory powers.
How the Switzerland market works
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Market overview
Switzerland's SMI is a defensive franc-denominated tape heavy in pharma, food, and private banking, often resilient in risk-off weeks.
Exchanges & session
SIX Swiss Exchange hours align with Europe. CHF strength can pressure exporters even when equities look calm.
What traders watch
- SNB policy and CHF crosses
- Pharma pipeline and defensive rotation
- Global risk-off flows into Swiss assets
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