MT 559 Field Specifications

7. Field 35A: Quantity of Securities

FORMAT

Option A 3!a15d (Type) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field specifies the quantity of securities from which the income/redemption amount is derived.

CODES

Type must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): T58):

BON Bonds (when not traded by face amount).
CER Representative certificates.
CPN Coupons.
FMT Face or principal or nominal amount.
MSC Miscellaneous.
OPC Option contracts.
OPS Option shares.
PRC Premium contracts.
PRS Premium shares.
RTE Rentes.
RTS Rights.
SHS Shares.
UNT Units, eg, consisting of a bond and a warrant.
WTS Warrants.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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