Notable Thursday Option Activity: HES, MBI, WSM
November 17, 2016 at 15:26 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Hess Corp (HES), where a total volume of 65,514 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 6.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 156.5% of HES's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.2 million shares..