The Swiss stock market closed to the downside Friday and finished the week with a loss. Financial stocks, especially those of the big banks weighed on the market. Concerns over the situation in Spain weighed on European banks. Bank of Spain data showed Friday that Spanish banks' net borrowing from ECB climbed to EUR 227.6 billion in March from EUR 152.4 billion in February.
The weaker than expected Chinese GDP result led investors to exit stocks. The Chinese economy expanded at the weakest pace in nearly three years in the first quarter of 2012. The gross domestic product expanded 8.1 percent year-on-year. Economists expected a slowdown in growth to 8.4 percent.
The Swiss Market Index fell by 0.87 percent Friday and closed at 6,072.12. The Swiss Leader Index dropped by 1.24 percent and the Swiss Performance Index finished down by 0.81 percent.
Shares of UBS declined by 2.37 percent and Julius Baer dropped by 3.24 percent. Swiss Re closed lower by 0.55 percent and Swiss Life lost 2.55 percent. Baloise finished down by 1.48 percent.
Among the index heavyweights, Nestle closed down by 0.36 percent. Roche gained 0.19 percent and Novartis fell by 0.30 percent.
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June 12, 2026 17:14 ET Major central bank action was the focus this week in economic news. The European Central Bank became the first major central bank to move in response to the rising inflationary pressures in the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East. In North America, the U.S. inflation and trade data as well as Canada’s central bank decision gained attention. The Chinese trade data was the main news in Asia.