Watch These 3 Huge Put Purchases In Friday 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 Thursday’s regular session.

• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Mar17 43.0 Puts Sweep: 2061 @ ASK $2.41: 2065 traded vs 3924 OI: Earnings 2/1 Before Open (est) $44.37 Ref
• Fifth Third Bancorp FITB Feb17 27.0 Puts Sweep: 632 @ ASK $1.29: 632 traded vs 304 OI: Earnings 1/19 Before Open (est) $27.14 Ref
• Mylan NV MYL Dec16 37.5 Puts Sweep: 702 @ ASK $0.184: 1703 traded vs 1412 OI: Earnings 2/9 After Close (est) $38.01 Ref