Unadjusted Volume Block - datatype (UVK)

Block volume are large trades that occur at once, and typically performed outside of market open to lessen the impact on the security price.

UVK is expressed in thousands.

See Datastream Volume Coverage & Definitions for a list of supported markets.

UVK is unadjusted for corporate actions, for adjusted block volume see VK.

Depending on the exchange, alternative Volume variants are available. See below for the full set of Datastream Unadjusted Volume datatypes:

UVOUnadjusted Volume
UVBUnadjusted Volume - Orderbook
UVFUnadjusted Volume - Off Exchange
UVZUnadjusted Volume - Aggregated
UVCUnadjusted Volume - Consolidated
UVKUnadjusted Volume - Block
UVQUnadjusted Volume - Most Traded
UVSUnadjusted Volume - Basket