Notable Put Options Activity in Estee Lauder

Shares of Estee Lauder

are lower on the session by 1.07%, currently trading at $62.16. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months 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 January 2014 $57.50 put, which has traded 500 times on open interest of 28 contracts. Put volume is outpacing call volume by 7 to 1. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. Its products are sold in over 150 countries and territories under a number of brand names, including Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Origins, M.A.C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer and Aveda.