Mike Khouw Sees Unusual Options Activity In Nuance Communications Inc.

Mike Khouw said on

that there was an unusually high options trading volume in

, as 5.5 times average trading volume was traded. The reason for an increase in volume was Carl Icahn's tweet, which sparked speculations that he might pressure

to buy

. Before the tweet only 33 contracts were traded and after the tweet the volume increased to 7,126 contracts.

closed the session 0.41 percent higher and it added 3.25 percent in after hours trading.