Notable Options Trading Activity in Key Companies Today
Among the Russell 3000 index components, WNS (Holdings) Limited Ordinary Shares (Symbol: WNS) experienced significant options trading, with 6,450 contracts changing hands. This represents about 645,000 underlying shares and is approximately 72.3% of WNS’s average daily trading volume of 891,815 shares over the past month. Notably, the $60 strike put option expiring on May 16, 2025, saw particularly high activity, with 3,110 contracts traded, corresponding to roughly 311,000 underlying shares. Below is a chart illustrating WNS’s trailing twelve-month trading history, with the $60 strike indicated in orange:
Starbucks Corp. (Symbol: SBUX) also saw robust options trading, with a total of 83,089 contracts traded, amounting to about 8.3 million underlying shares. This volume constitutes around 66% of SBUX’s average daily trading volume of 12.6 million shares from the past month. The $90 strike call option expiring on January 16, 2026, was particularly active, with 4,585 contracts traded, representing approximately 458,500 underlying shares. Below is a chart showing SBUX’s trailing twelve-month trading history, highlighting the $90 strike in orange:
Additionally, Kinder Morgan Inc. (Symbol: KMI) reported options trading volume of 97,411 contracts today. This volume corresponds to approximately 9.7 million underlying shares and accounts for about 60% of KMI’s average daily trading volume of 16.2 million shares from the past month. The $20 strike call option expiring on June 20, 2025, noted particularly strong activity, with 31,507 contracts traded, equating to about 3.2 million underlying shares. Below is KMI’s trailing twelve-month trading history chart, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:
For more information regarding the available expirations for WNS, SBUX, and KMI options, you may refer to relevant trading platforms.
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