gesture noun [ C ] (MOVEMENT) C1 a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling: The prisoner raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom. She made a rude gesture at the other driver.
The contract portfolio as the name implies is a holding space for contracts and agreements related to the provision of services. Literally the contracts held in the Contract Portfolio lay out the terms and conditions associated with the provision of services.
Financial contract for difference (CFD) is a derivative product that gives the holder an economic exposure, which can be long or short, to the difference between the price of an underlying asset at the start of the contract and the price when the contract is closed (see for example ESMA's Addendum Consultation Paper MiFID II/MiFIR of 18 February 2015, ESMA/2015/319).