Notable Call Options Activity in NiSource

Shares of NiSource (NYSE: NI) are lower on the session by 2.45%, currently trading at $20.34. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day average.

Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the October 2011 $22.50 call traded 1,500 times on open interest of 1,600 contracts.

NiSource Inc. is energy holding company whose subsidiaries provide natural gas, electricity and other products and services to approximately 3.8 million customers located within a corridor that runs from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England.