Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: MON, ADSK, EOG

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 68,136 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 6.8 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 133.5% of MON's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.1 million shares..