Notable Put Options Activity in Tyson Foods

Shares of Tyson Foods TSN are lower on the session by 0.16%, currently trading at $18.61. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six weeks and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the February 2012 $19.00 put, which has traded 1,530 times on open interest of 1,065 contracts. Put volume is outpacing call volume by 133 to 1. Tyson Foods, Inc. is a meat protein and food production company. The company produces, distributes and markets chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related allied products. Its operations are conducted in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods.