MT 558 Field Specifications

30. 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:

OSEC

Quantity of Securities

The quantity of security.

CODES

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

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.
AMOR	Amortised Value	Quantity represents the current amortised face amount of a bond, eg, a periodic reduction of a bond's principal amount.

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).