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Published: 2015-11-19 08:41:40 CET
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IT – INET – Reminder on Updates to the Market Identifier Code (MIC) (ISO 10383) (63/15)

As previously announced in IT-Notice 43/15 and 51/15 Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic will update the Market Identifier Code (MIC) for First North Denmark and First North Iceland and include execution venue MIC Codes in FIX trade messages – LastMkt [30] from November 23, 2015.

The Market Identifier Code (MIC) a unique identification code used to identify among other exchanges, trading platforms and markets. The MIC is a four alpha character code, and is defined in ISO 10383.

For example, trades that are executed on the Nasdaq Stockholm market are executed with MIC code XSTO.

Currently, MIC codes are not relayed back on FIX executions; however the MIC code is part of the INET reference data.

Based on member request Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic have decided to implement three  changes:

 

  1. Change of two existing MIC codes for First North Denmark and First North Iceland.
Market New MIC Old MIC
First North Denmark FNDK XFND
First North Iceland          FNIS ISEC
  1. New Segment MIC codes following the ISO 10383 standard to be used for Nordic@Mid trades in order to give an additional possibility to distinguish those from trades executed in the lit books, cf. the table below.

Note! Dark book MIC Codes will not be part of the INET Reference Data. Reference data will only show the lit MIC Codes since it's the same reference data for lit and Nordic@Mid  Order books. The new MIC Codes for Nordic@Mid  trades are only made available in the FIX LastMkt [30] field for the client to distinguish if a trade was done lit or dark by providing execution venue information. Currently dark book MIC Codes are only applicable for Nordic@Mid trades

MIC codes relayed in FIX trade messages
Exchange Lit trades Corresponding Nordic@Mid trades
Stockholm XSTO DSTO
Copenhagen XCSE DCSE
Helsinki XHEL DHEL
Iceland XICE DICE
First North Sweden FNSE DNSE
First North Denmark FNDK DNDK
First North Finland FNFI DNFI
First North Iceland FNIS DNIS
  1. Start to relay back the MIC code in FIX trade messages - LastMkt [30], including FIX Drop (and FIX OUCH Drop).

 

Protocol specifications

FIX protocol specifications are available on the Nasdaq Nordic Technical Information web site under Current INET Nordic Protocol Specifications.

Time Schedule

  • INET Test (OTF) – October 1, 2015
  • INET Production – November 23, 2015

The changes are confirmed with the Registration Authority (RA) for ISO 10383.

Support

More on ISO 10383 - Market Identifier Codes:

www.iso10383.org

For technical questions, please contact Nasdaq Tech Support:
Tel: +46 8 405 6410,
E-mail:
operator@nasdaq.com

Questions

For further information and feedback concerning this information, please contact Ronny Thellman, +46 8 405 6313, ronny.thellman@nasdaq.com.

  

Best regards,

Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic

 

Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland, Nasdaq Riga, Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Tallinn and Nasdaq Vilnius are respectively brand names for NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S, NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, NASDAQ OMX Iceland hf., NASDAQ OMX Riga AS, NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB, NASDAQ OMX Tallinn AS and AB NASDAQ OMX Vilnius. Nasdaq Nordic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm. Nasdaq Baltic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Riga and Nasdaq Vilnius.


IT Notice - Updates to MIC Codes in FIX Protocols 63-15.pdf