Notable Call Options Activity on The McGraw-Hill Companies

Shares of The McGraw-Hill Companies

are lower on the session by 2.12%, trading at $44.60. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the January 2012 $46.00 call, which has traded 888 times on open interest of 168 contracts. Call volume is outpacing put volume by 7 to 1. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. is a global information services provider serving the financial, education and business information markets, such as energy, automotive, construction, aerospace and defense, broadcasting and marketing/research information services.