Puts Purchased on ASML Holding N.V. (ASML)

Shares of ASML Holding N.V. ASML are higher on the session by 0.93%, currently trading at $32.45. The stock has been moving largely lower for the past six months, though has recently broken that downward technical trend and bounced off of the 200-day moving average, which is bullish. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the November $32.50 put was purchased 1,000 times, on the offer, on open interest of 3,100 contracts. Overall put volume is now running at 5.44x the daily average, 89% on the offer. ASML Holding N.V. is a holding company, which operates through its subsidiaries. The company is a provider of advanced technology systems for the semiconductor industry. It offers an integrated portfolio of lithography systems mainly for manufacturing complex integrated circuits (semiconductors, ICs or chips).