active trading

noun [U]

Definition

› STOCK MARKET a time when a lot of shares, etc. are being bought and sold on the stock market: The shares raced ahead in active trading to close at 230p.

(Definition of active trading noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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