MT501: (26) Field 90a: Price

FORMAT

Option A :4!c//4!c/15d (Qualifier)(Percentage Type Code)(Price)
Option B :4!c//4!c/3!a15d (Qualifier)(Amount Type Code)(Currency Code)(Price)

PRESENCE

Optional in optional subsequence B1

QUALIFIER

 

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

O

INDC

N

 

A or B

Indicative Price

 

or

MRKT

N

 

A or B

Market Price

2

O

EXER

N

 

A or B

Exercise Price

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

EXER

Exercise Price

  • Price at which the security will be purchased/sold if warrant is exercised, represented either as an actual amount (option B) or a percentage (option A).

  • Price at which a bond is converted, represented either as an actual amount (option B) or a percentage (option A).

  • Strike price of an option, represented either as an actual amount (option B) or a percentage (option A).

  • INDC

    Indicative Price

    Estimated price, eg, for valuation purposes.

    MRKT

    Market Price

    Last reported/known price of a financial instrument in a market.

    CODES

    In option A, Percentage Type Code must contain one of the following codes :

    DISC

    Discount

    Price expressed as the number of percentage points below par, eg, a discount price of 2.0% equals a price of 98 when par is 100.

    PRCT

    Percentage

    Price expressed as a percentage of par.

    PREM

    Premium

    Price expressed as the number of percentage points above par, eg, a premium price of 2.0% equals a price of 102 when par is 100.

    YIEL

    Yield

    Price expressed as a yield.

    CODES

    In option B, Amount Type Code must contain one of the following codes :

    ACTU

    Actual Amount

    Price expressed as an amount of currency per unit or per share.

    DISC

    Discount

    Price expressed as a discount amount.

    PREM

    Premium

    Price expressed as a premium.

    NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

    The integer part of Price must contain at least one digit. The decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length .

    Currency Code must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code .

    USAGE RULES

    The number of decimal digits in Price is not validated against the currency specified.