Meanings of active contract in English

Wednesday's soybean trading volume was the second-largest for the most- active contract in two-and-a-half years.

CME December hogs, the most active contract, dropped 0.625 cent to settle at 55.950 cents per pound.

A falling yen lifted gold futures on Tokyo Commodity Exchange, with the most active contract, currently April 2014, rising to its highest since mid-April.

The most active contract was the September $20 calls giving the right to buy Rambus shares at $20 apiece.

CME December hogs, the most active contract, declined 0.975 cents to settle at 56.575 cents per pound, declining for the second straight session.

Shanghai November copper the most active contract, rose 3.4 per cent to 57,930 yuan ($8,433) and London Metal Exchange three-month copper jumped $95 to $7,455.

Condor confirmed on Friday that it had two active contracts in Venezuela, but declined to comment on specific shipments.

Among the most active contracts were $105 and $115 calls that expire on May 14.

According to Trade Alert, an option analytics firm, the top five of the 10 most active contracts on Friday were put options on the SPYders.

The BBC reported on Wednesday that ARM had instructed employees to halt "all active contracts, support entitlements, and any pending engagements" with Huawei.

Among the most active contracts were the December and January $25 puts and the December and January $30 calls, he said.

But nervous options traders have opened some 1.1 million active contracts on the fund's shares, with about half of them opened in May alone.