27 May 2016 | 03:28 UTC — New York

PRS (Platts Reference Standard) data enhancements UPDATE

As previously announced, S&P Global Platts is going to implement the following enhancements for PRS data on June 10, 2016.

Two new columns "Calendar Code" and "Price Type" will be added to all the PRS files posted on ftp.platts.com. Calendar Code is a symbol which represents calendar schedule for either a Platts editorial region or an exchange, with value 0 representing a holiday and 1 representing a trade day and delivered on Platts FTP site through transactional FTP files. Price Type can be official selling price, rack price, etc.

Currently in the PRS folder on the FTP site, there are the following PRS files to be affected:

Gas_Reference_Data.csv Oil_Reference_Data.csv Power_Reference_Data.csv Gas_Reference_Changelog.csv Oil_Reference_Changelog.csv Power_Reference_Changelog.csv

The new PRS files will look like this:

Symbol,Market Data Category,Description,Currency Code,Unit of Measure,...,Price Type,Calendar Code PCAAS00,RI,Dated Brent,USD,BBL,...,CALLN00 AALPG00,UG,Naphtha USGC barge,USC,GAL,...,CALUS00 AAFFU00,RP,WTI Spore Mo01,USD,BBL,...,CALSG00 AAING00,OS,Syrian Heavy OSP,USD,BBL,...,Official selling price,CALLN00

The calendar codes have be created in a new Market Data category, HD, Holiday Schedule. All the 2016 calendar data will be updated when going live, with most of the dates having F transaction code as future dates. The data will be sent out daily weekdays as N for new when the dates become current. Going forward, at the end of each year, next year's calendar data will be updated.

MDC
SYMBOL
BATES
DEC
FREQ
CURR
UOM
DESCRIPTION
HD
CALBR00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Bursa Malaysia
HD
CALCH00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for China
HD
CALHK00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Hong Kong
HD
CALIC00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for ICE
HD
CALKT00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for KLTM
HD
CALLM00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for LME
HD
CALLN00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for London
HD
CALMB00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Melbourne
HD
CALMS00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Moscow
HD
CALME00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Moscow Exchange
HD
CALNM00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for NYMEX
HD
CALSF00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for SHFE
HD
CALSG00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Singapore
HD
CALSN00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Sydney
HD
CALTC00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for TOCOM
HD
CALTY00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for Tokyo
HD
CALUS00
u
0
DW
N/A
N/A
Calendar for US Region



The FTP file will look like this, with the symbol CALLN00 representing London calendar schedule and May 30, 2016 being a holiday.

PlattsMarketData 201605232340 00307 FINAL HD 20160523 N CALLN00u 201605230000 1 F CALLN00u 201605240000 1 F CALLN00u 201605250000 1 F CALLN00u 201605260000 1 F CALLN00u 201605270000 1 F CALLN00u 201605300000 0

If you have any comments or questions about this announcement, please contact S&P Global Platts Client Services or email support@platts.com.