Gold price surge helps Swiss National Bank make $33 billion profit

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.

($1 = 0.7996 Swiss francs)