Volume Basket – datatype (VS)

The number of shares traded within a group/basket of other securities as a single transaction.

VS is expressed in thousands.

Basket Volume is available for Korea Stock Exchange and KOSDAQ securities and is a component of the end of day exchange volume summaries, see illustrations below:

KSE listing Samsung Electronics:

Volume TypeDatatype & Exchange CodeVolume
MainboardVO.1K16650.1
Block VolumeVO.1J205.8
Basket VolumeVS.1J57.9
Single PriceVO.3K57.4
ConsolidatedVO.SE16971.2

KOSDAQ listing Alteogen:

Volume TypeDatatype & Exchange CodeVolume
MainboardVO.2K4382.5
BlockVO.2J234.7
BasketVS.2J427.4
Single PriceVO.4K27.1
ConsolidatedVO.SL5071.8

VS is adjusted for corporate actions, for unadjusted basket volume see UVS.

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

VOVolume
VBVolume - Orderbook
VFVolume – Off Exchange
VZVolume - Aggregated
VCVolume - Consolidated
VKVolume - Block
VQVolume – Most Traded
VSVolume – Basket