Thursday’s Highlighted Options Activity: AMGN, FG, PANW

Among the components of the Russell 3000 index, significant options trading was noted today for Amgen Inc (Symbol: AMGN), with 27,762 contracts exchanged, equating to approximately 2.8 million shares. This trading volume represents 103.2% of AMGN’s average daily volume of 2.7 million shares over the past month. The $295 strike call option expiring on May 15, 2026, was particularly active, with 9,000 contracts traded, representing about 900,000 underlying shares.

F&G Annuities & Life Inc (Symbol: FG) also experienced notable options trading, with 4,941 contracts—roughly 494,100 shares—traded today, which is about 95.1% of its average daily volume of 519,610 shares. The $35 strike call option expiring on June 18, 2026, accounted for a majority of the trades, totaling 4,882 contracts, or approximately 488,200 shares.

In addition, Palo Alto Networks, Inc (Symbol: PANW) reported a trading volume of 64,216 contracts, representing about 6.4 million underlying shares, which corresponds to 93.2% of its average daily volume of 6.9 million shares. The active $240 strike call option expiring on May 15, 2026, had 3,630 contracts traded, approximately 363,000 underlying shares.