Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: JNPR, FND, CHRW

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR), where a total volume of 28,771 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 50.6% of JNPR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.7 million shares..