Market Segments

SWX Europe operates the following market segments:

• An EU Regulated Market Segment for Swiss blue chip securities
• A UK Exchange Regulated Market Segment for Swiss blue chip securities
• A UK Exchange Regulated Market Segment for pan-European securities
• An EU Regulated Market Segment for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

Regulation of the market segments

All of the market segments are operated by SWX Europe under the supervision of the Financial Services Authority. All have the same trading and compliance requirements and standards. SWX Europe's Rules and Directives apply in the same way to all market segments and resulting transactions are on order book on SWX Europe in each case.

Finding a security’s segment

You can find the relevant market segment for a security as follows:

• Quotes, from the column entitled "Segment" and from the description for each security (please open the link to the security in the column headed "Symbol")
• On request from SWX Europe's Regulation section.

SWX Europe publishes movements between market segments by means of SWX Europe Market Notices. To receive Market Notices by e-mail, please contact the Market Helpdesk.