Notable Call Options Activity in Illumina

Shares of Illumina ILMN are lower on the session by 1.36%, currently trading at $50.65. 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 volume is the March 2012 $52.50 call, which has traded 8,800 times on open interest of 24,069 contracts. The mar2012 $55.00 call also traded 8,000 times on 29,223 contracts. Calls are outpacing puts today by 119 to 1. Illumina, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function.