Largest option trades in equities
Nearing the halfway mark in today's session, here are the individual equity names with the most call and put buying on optionMONSTER's ActionTracker data system.
Hartford Financial Group (HIG): A block of 5,614 35 calls was sold for $0.24 and rolled to the March 35s, which were bought for $0.74. Making the adjustment cost $0.50 and provides the investor with an additional month of upside exposure to the insurer. HIG fell 0.63 percent to $34.48.
Darden Restaurants (DRI): More than 5,000 March 47 calls were sold for $2.15 as investors bet that upside will be limited in the share price. DRI fell 0.21 percent to $48.39.
Sirius XM (SIRI): Almost 11,800 June 3.50 calls were sold for $0.24 as investors abandoned long positions in the satellite-media company. SIRI fell 2.81 percent to $3.46.
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