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Southwest Airlines Co (LUV) reported significant options trading activity today, with a total of 44,477 contracts traded, representing approximately 4.4 million underlying shares. This volume accounts for 51.1% of its average daily trading volume of 8.7 million shares. The highest activity was for the $31 strike put option, with 15,607 contracts exchanged, equating to about 1.6 million underlying shares.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO) also saw notable options trading, with 10,554 contracts traded, or approximately 1.1 million underlying shares, representing 41.5% of its average daily volume of 2.5 million shares. The $550 strike call option had a particularly high volume of 3,868 contracts, equivalent to around 386,800 underlying shares.
Eli Lilly (LLY) experienced a trading volume of 14,720 contracts, representing around 1.5 million underlying shares and 40.4% of its average daily volume of 3.6 million shares. The $950 strike call option was notably active with 1,148 contracts traded, or about 114,800 underlying shares.
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