Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Getty Realty Corp. (NYSE: GTY), where a total of 1,214 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 121,400 underlying shares. That amounts to about 71.4% of GTY's average daily trading volume over the past month of 169,955 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $25 strike call option expiring March 17, 2017, with 1,169 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 116,900 underlying shares of GTY. Below is a chart showing GTY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange:
Facebook Inc (NASD: FB) options are showing a volume of 107,299 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 10.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 62.3% of FB's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 17.2 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $130 strike call option expiring September 23, 2016, with 11,697 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of FB. Below is a chart showing FB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $130 strike highlighted in orange:
And Domtar Corp (NYSE: UFS) saw options trading volume of 2,879 contracts, representing approximately 287,900 underlying shares or approximately 59.3% of UFS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 485,220 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $37.50 strike call option expiring October 21, 2016, with 2,848 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 284,800 underlying shares of UFS. Below is a chart showing UFS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $37.50 strike highlighted in orange:
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