Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: AST, KITE, TDOC
January 18, 2017 at 15:28 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc (AST), where a total volume of 767 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 76,700 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 47.8% of AST's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 160,485 shares..