Notable Wednesday Option Activity: MON, AZO, GS
August 24, 2016 at 14:28 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Monsanto Co (MON), where a total volume of 36,909 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 153.1% of MON's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.4 million shares..