Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Monday Trade

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Friday’s regular session.

• GATX Corporation GATX Jan17 60.0 Puts Sweep: 947 @ ASK $2.439: 987 traded vs 160 OI: Earnings 1/19 Before Open (est) $61.23 Ref
• Exelon Corporation EXC Apr17 35.0 Puts Sweep: 4000 @ ASK $2.20: 4047 traded vs 2687 OI: Earnings 2/2 Before Open (est) $34.78 Ref
• Francesca's Holdings Corp FRAN Jan17 20.0 Puts Sweep: 559 @ ASK $0.95: 564 traded vs 20 OI: Earnings 3/22 Before Open (est) $21.23 Ref
• Canadian National Railway (USA) CNI Dec16 70.0 Puts Sweep: 724 @ ASK $1.297: 3148 traded vs 774 OI: Earnings 1/24 After Close $69.56 Ref
• Swift Transportation Co SWFT Dec16 25.0 Puts Sweep: 968 @ ASK $0.30: 1000 traded vs 1612 OI: Earnings 1/23 After Close (est) $26.11 Ref