Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: HES, PX, SAFM
August 16, 2018 at 15:32 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Hess Corp (HES), where a total volume of 13,669 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.4 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.7% of HES's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.0 million shares..