Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: VECO, CGNX, AVP
February 16, 2017 at 15:45 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Veeco Instruments Inc (VECO), where a total volume of 2,988 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 298,800 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 52.7% of VECO's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 566,515 shares..