MT 527 Field Specifications

27. Field 36B: Quantity of Financial Instrument: Quantity of Securities

FORMAT

Option B

:4!c//4!c/15d

(Qualifier) (Quantity Type Code) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional sequence

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	M	QSEC	N		B	Quantity of Securities

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

QSEC

Quantity of Securities

The quantity of the security.

CODES

Quantity Type Code must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K36):

AMOR	Amortised Value	Quantity represents the current amortised face amount of a bond, eg, a periodic reduction of a bond's principal amount.
FAMT	Face Amount	The quantity is expressed as a face amount of the principal of a debt instrument.
UNIT	Unit	The quantity is expressed as a number (count), eg, a number of shares.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The integer part of Quantity must contain at least one digit. The decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length (Error code(s): T40, T43).