Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: DNKN, EPR, COST

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Dunkin' Brands Group Inc (DNKN), where a total volume of 4,264 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 426,400 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 64.5% of DNKN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 660,875 shares..