The news message is a general free format message between the broker and institution. The message contains flags to identify the news item’s urgency and to allow sorting by subject company (symbol). The News message can be originated at either the broker or institution side, or exchanges and other marketplace venues.
Added in protocol FIX.2.7
See in: FIX.4.0, FIX.4.1, FIX.4.2, FIX.4.3, FIX.4.4, FIX.5.0, FIX.5.0SP2, FIX.5.0SP2 EP240.
| Field or Component | Name | Description | Is Required | Added | Is Deprecated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block | StandardHeader | MsgType = B | Y | FIX.2.7 | |
| Block | ApplicationSequenceControl | FIX.5.0 | |||
| 42 | OrigTime | FIX.2.7 | |||
| 61 | Urgency | FIX.2.7 | |||
| 148 | Headline | Specifies the headline text | Y | FIX.4.1 | |
| 358 | EncodedHeadlineLen | Must be set if EncodedHeadline (359) field is specified and must immediately precede it. | FIX.4.2 | ||
| 359 | EncodedHeadline | Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Headline (148) field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding (347) field. | FIX.4.2 | ||
| ImplicitBlockRepeating | RoutingGrp | Required if any RoutingType and RoutingIDs are specified. Indicates the number within repeating group. | FIX.4.4 | ||
| ImplicitBlockRepeating | InstrmtGrp | Specifies the number of repeating symbols (instruments) specified | FIX.4.4 | ||
| ImplicitBlockRepeating | InstrmtLegGrp | Number of legs Identifies a Multi-leg Execution if present and non-zero. |
FIX.4.4 | ||
| OptimisedImplicitBlockRepeating | UndInstrmtGrp | Number of underlyings | FIX.4.4 | ||
| ImplicitBlockRepeating | LinesOfTextGrp | Specifies the number of repeating lines of text specified | Y | FIX.4.4 | |
| 149 | URLLink | A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to additional information (i.e. http://www.XYZ.com/research.html) | FIX.4.1 | ||
| 95 | RawDataLength | FIX.2.7 | |||
| 96 | RawData | FIX.2.7 | |||
| Block | StandardTrailer | Y | FIX.2.7 |