Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: OPY, ANF, MRO

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Oppenheimer Holdings Inc (OPY), where a total volume of 594 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 59,400 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 73.8% of OPY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 80,505 shares..