SWX Swiss Exchange is Switzerland's stock exchange. The exchange also trades other securities such as government bonds and stock options.

The main stock market index for the SWX Swiss Exchange is the SMI, the Swiss Market Index. The index comprises of the 30 most significant equity-securities based on the free float market capitalisation.

Companies, and their weight, in the index are at July 2004:

• Novartis, 20.34%
• Nestlé, 20.28%
• UBS AG, 13.57%
• Hoffmann-La Roche, 13.06%
• Credit Suisse , 7.33%
• Zurich Financial Services, 3.98%
• Swiss Re, 3.59%
• Richemont, 2.58%
• ABB, 2.01%
• Holcim, 1.81%
• Syngenta, 1.63%
• Swisscom, 1.55%
• Adecco, 1.17%
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 0.91%
• Swatch "Inhaber", 0.82%
• Serono, 0.80%
• Givaudan, 0.79%
• Swiss Life , 0.72%
• SGS, 0.62%
• Clariant, 0.59%
• Julius Baer, 0.46%
• Baloise 0.42%
• Lonza Group, 0.33%
• Swatch "Namen", 0.27%
• Unaxis, 0.21%
• Kudelski, 0.18%

See also

• List of stock exchanges
• List of Swiss companies

External links

• SWX.ch Official home page (http://www.swx.ch/)