Contract Market Data-103

Financial Markets For The Rest Of Us
An Easy Guide To Money, Bonds, Futures, Stocks, Options, And Mutual Funds

by Robert Hashemian

Page 103

The following table shows some key market data on gold futures maturing in April 2000.

Gold Futures: April 2000

Last: 301.50 Exchange: COMEX

Change: -0.90 Bid: 301.50

Previous Day's Vol.: 19378 Ask: 301.70

Open: 302.40 High: 303.50

Open Interest: 83437 Low: 301.40

Previous Settle: 302.40 Most Recent Settle: N/A

As you can see this is very similar to a stock quote table. Let's look at some of the elements:
Last - The most recent price at which these contracts were traded.
Change - The contract's price difference between the last day's settlement and now.
Previous Day's Volume - The number of contracts traded on the previous day.
Open - The opening price of the contracts for today.
Open Interest - The number of contracts that are open as of now and that have not yet been settled.
Previous Settle - The closing price of the contracts for the previous day.
Exchange - The exchange where the contracts are traded.
Bid - The highest current price buyers are willing to pay for the contract.
Ask - The lowest current price asked by the sellers for the contract.
High - Today's highest price so far. …

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