Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Avery Dennison Corp. (NYSE: AVY), where a total of 2,550 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 255,000 underlying shares. That amounts to about 49.8% of AVY's average daily trading volume over the past month of 511,790 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $80 strike call option expiring November 18, 2016, with 1,692 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 169,200 underlying shares of AVY. Below is a chart showing AVY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:
Autodesk Inc. (NASD: ADSK) saw options trading volume of 5,916 contracts, representing approximately 591,600 underlying shares or approximately 41.4% of ADSK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.4 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $75 strike call option expiring November 18, 2016, with 2,821 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 282,100 underlying shares of ADSK. Below is a chart showing ADSK's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75 strike highlighted in orange:
And Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) options are showing a volume of 108,694 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 10.9 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41% of FCX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 26.5 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $11 strike call option expiring November 18, 2016, with 11,761 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of FCX. Below is a chart showing FCX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $11 strike highlighted in orange:
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