Watch These 7 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.

• Morgan Stanley MS Dec 15 $45 Puts at the Ask: 2500 at $0.97 vs 157 Open Interest; Ref=$48.21
• Procter & Gamble Co PG Oct 6 $92.5 Puts Sweep (26) at the Bid: 2316 at $0.631 vs 79 OI; Ref=$92.91
• Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc DO Oct 20 $12.5 Puts Sweep (31) at the Bid: 1854 at $0.42 vs 468 Open Interest; Ref=$13.14
• Microsoft Corporation MSFT Sep 29 $74.5 Puts Sweep (19) at the Bid: 1500 at $0.59 vs 311 OI; Ref=$74.58
• Sherwin-Williams Co SHW Oct 20 $330 Puts Sweep (2) at the Bid: 1100 at $1.976 vs 141 OI; Ref=$351.26
• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALNY Nov 17 $105 Puts at the Bid: 1000 at $3.9 vs 22 OI; Ref=$116.515
• Greenbrier Companies Inc GBX Oct 20 $45 Puts Sweep (2) at the Bid: 500 at $1.425 vs 15 OI; Ref=$44.8659