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Gold price surge helps Swiss National Bank make $33 billion profit - REUTERS
ZURICH, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank made a profit of around 26 billion Swiss francs ($32.52 billion) in 2025, the central bank said on Friday, thanks to big increases in gold prices as investors headed for safe-havens assets last year.
The provisional figures were a decline from the record 80.7 billion franc profit the SNB made in 2024, but were still in the top five profits the central bank has made in its 119-year history
The SNB's 2025 profit was boosted by a 36.3 billion franc valuation gain in its gold holdings, as investors bought the precious metal to protect them from the global economic turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
The figure was the biggest ever profit the SNB has made from gold, helped by the precious metal gaining 64% in value in 2025, boosting the value of the 1,040 metric tons of gold it holds.
The central bank's profits, however, were held back by a 9 billion franc loss on its foreign currency positions.
The overall annual profit figure was in line with the 23.5 billion francs to 28.5 billion francs forecast by UBS.
As a result, the SNB will be able to make a payout of 4 billion francs to the Swiss central government and cantonal governments, and a dividend of 15 francs per share to investors.
($1 = 0.7996 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by John Revill, Editing by Miranda Murray)
