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active stock

 
 
noun [C or U] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

shares in a particular company that are traded regularly on a stock market: It was the fourth-most active stock on U.S. exchanges.
(Definition of active stock noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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