Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: HPT, AAN, SNCR

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), where a total volume of 7,258 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 725,800 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 121.9% of HPT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 595,585 shares..