Ormat Technologies Inc (ORA) experienced a significant surge in options trading on the Russell 3000 index today, with a total of 3,556 contracts exchanged, representing approximately 355,600 underlying shares. This volume accounts for 44.5% of the stock’s average daily trading volume of 799,400 shares over the past month. The $125 strike call option expiring on May 15, 2026, was particularly active, with 3,467 contracts traded.
Cognex Corp (CGNX) reported an options trading volume of 13,655 contracts, equating to about 1.4 million underlying shares, which is 44.3% of its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. Of this volume, 6,023 contracts were for the $60 strike call option expiring on May 15, 2026.
Matthews International Corp (MATW) saw a total options volume of 688 contracts today, representing approximately 68,800 underlying shares or 44.2% of its average daily volume of 155,595 shares. The $30 strike call option expiring on March 20, 2026, accounted for 453 contracts traded.
