Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Texas Instruments Inc. (NASD: TXN), where a total of 24,136 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 54% of TXN's average daily trading volume over the past month of 4.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $59 strike put option expiring April 29, 2016, with 4,597 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 459,700 underlying shares of TXN. Below is a chart showing TXN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $59 strike highlighted in orange:
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) saw options trading volume of 34,750 contracts, representing approximately 3.5 million underlying shares or approximately 45.9% of JNJ's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.6 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $115 strike call option expiring June 17, 2016, with 24,023 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.4 million underlying shares of JNJ. Below is a chart showing JNJ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $115 strike highlighted in orange:
And Xilinx, Inc. (NASD: XLNX) options are showing a volume of 9,621 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 962,100 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 44.9% of XLNX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.1 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $46 strike put option expiring April 29, 2016, with 1,125 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 112,500 underlying shares of XLNX. Below is a chart showing XLNX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $46 strike highlighted in orange:
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