It was the biggest one-day gain in an active contract since Jan. 26, 1991.

Also, all the foreign players with no active contracts left the team to play somewhere else.

Gold settled $5.10 to $6.30 lower, with the active contract for delivery in February at $391.10 an ounce.

The active contract, for delivery in July, fell 1.48 cents, settling at $1.328 a pound.

The next active contract, for February delivery, also rose $4.60 to close at $392.90.

The most active contract, for delivery in December, tumbled 8.85 cents, to $1.3675 a pound.

And commodity tables no longer list less active contracts scheduled for delivery more than a year from now.

The exchange's most active contract is crude palm oil futures.

In response, perhaps, crude oil for June delivery, on its first day as the active contract, rose $1.17, to $22.70 a barrel.

The daily futures table will include prices for the active near-month contract only.