Notable Call Options Activity in NiSource

Shares of NiSource NI are higher on the session by 1.76%, currently trading at $22.52. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest volume is the April 2012 $25.00 call, which has traded 4,000 times on open interest of 7,789 contracts. The Jan2012 $22.50 call also traded 3,875 times on 10,513 contracts. Calls are outpacing puts today by 380 to 1. NiSource Inc. is energy holding company whose subsidiaries provide natural gas, electricity and other products and services to approximately 3.8 million customers located within a corridor that runs from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England.