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SIX Swiss Exchange

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SIX Swiss Exchange, based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange, formed in 1993 through the merger of the country's three regional exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich, whose own histories stretched back to 1850, 1866, and 1873 respectively. In 1995 it became the first stock exchange in the world to run a fully automated trading, clearing, and settlement system, and by 2018 the market capitalization of companies listed on it had reached 1.6 trillion Swiss francs; it is wholly owned by SIX Group, itself held by roughly 120 Swiss and foreign financial institutions.

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Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Switzerland 2
Wikidata Q661834, property P17 (country).
Founding YearSourced to the subject's own account
1993 1
HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account
Zürich, Switzerland 1
Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account
Stock Exchange 1
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Sources
1. SIX Swiss Exchange (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, SIX Swiss Exchange article
    SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zürich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being BX Swiss).
  • History section, first paragraph, SIX Swiss Exchange article
    The exchange in its current state was founded in 1993 by merging the Geneva Stock Exchange, the Basel Stock Exchange and the Zürich stock exchange into the Verein Schweizerische Effektenbörse (German for "Swiss Securities Exchanges Association"), publicly known in English as Swiss Exchange.
  • Introduction, institution-subtype
    SIX Swiss Exchange, based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange, formed in 1993 through the merger of the country's three regional exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich, whose own histories stretched back to 1850, 1866, and 1873 respectively.
  • In Group: Stock Exchanges of Europe, Lead
    SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zürich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being BX Swiss).
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