Watch These 7 Huge Put Purchases In Thursday 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 Wednesday’s regular session.

• Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PGNX Oct16 6.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.30: 500 traded vs 0 OI: $6.65 Ref
• Stratasys, Ltd. SSYS Sep16 23.0 Puts Sweep: 520 @ ASK $1.15: 520 traded vs 0 OI: $23.24 Ref
• 3D Systems Corporation DDD Sep16 16.0 Puts Sweep: 858 @ ASK $0.78: 918 traded vs 154 OI: $16.22 Ref
• Cummins Inc. CMI Fri 8/26 124 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 873 @ ASK $0.40: 873 traded vs 108 OI: $125.33 Ref
• FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS Oct16 180 Puts: 1325 @ ASK $7.30: 1526 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 9/27 $178.64 Ref
• Best Buy Co Inc BBY Oct16 36.0 Puts Sweep: 759 @ ASK $0.54: 8631 traded vs 268 OI: $40.10 Ref
• Guess?, Inc. GES Dec16 15.0 Puts Sweep: 563 @ ASK $1.65: 1490 traded vs 355 OI: $15.05 Ref