Notable Put Options Activity in Huntington Bancshares
December 30, 2011 3:29 PM
Shares of Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ: HBAN) are lower on the session by 1.78%, currently trading at $5.51. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average.
Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the July 2012 $5.00 put, which has traded 2,700 times on open interest of 3,144 contracts.
Put volume is outpacing call volume by 10 to 1.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a bank holding company. The company provides full-service commercial, small business, consumer banking services, mortgage banking services, automobile financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, brokerage services, customized insurance programs, and other financial products and services.
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