W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW), General Electric Co (GE), and Citigroup Inc. (C) experienced significant options trading volumes on the S&P 500 index today.
W.W. Grainger Inc. saw 1,695 contracts traded, approximately 169,500 underlying shares, equating to 51% of its average daily trading volume of 332,425 shares. Notably, the $920 strike put option expiring August 15, 2025 had 375 contracts traded, representing 37,500 shares.
General Electric Co registered 31,943 contracts traded, about 3.2 million underlying shares, or 49.2% of its average daily volume of 6.5 million shares. High activity was noted for the $260 strike put option expiring September 19, 2025, with 16,228 contracts traded, representing roughly 1.6 million shares. Citigroup Inc. recorded options volume of 79,774 contracts, approximately 8.0 million underlying shares, or 48.4% of its average daily volume of 16.5 million shares. The $60 strike put option expiring September 19, 2025 had 5,004 contracts traded, representing about 500,400 shares.
