10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session - AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Traders often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
NVO	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	07/19/24	$135.00	$44.5K	2.0K	947
LLY	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/14/24	$905.00	$45.0K	53	471
UNH	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	07/19/24	$510.00	$88.5K	919	322
ABBV	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	06/14/24	$167.50	$50.8K	2.3K	242
SMMT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/19/24	$4.00	$26.6K	5.5K	76
SAVA	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/20/25	$35.00	$38.2K	780	71
NVCR	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	01/17/25	$15.00	$45.5K	1.0K	54
GILD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/20/25	$65.00	$30.0K	1.1K	53
TMO	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	09/20/24	$600.00	$32.6K	142	34
VKTX	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	01/16/26	$80.00	$36.6K	127	25

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For NVO (NYSE:NVO), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 42 day(s) on July 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 273 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.5K, with a price of $163.0 per contract. There were 2089 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 947 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY (NYSE:LLY), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on June 14, 2024. Parties traded 280 contract(s) at a $905.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.0K, with a price of $161.0 per contract. There were 53 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 471 contract(s) were bought and sold.

Options Alert Terminology
- Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract.
- Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract.
- Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it.
- Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract.

For more information, visit our Guide to Understanding Options Alerts or read more about unusual options activity.

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This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
NVO	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	07/19/24	$135.00	$44.5K	2.0K	947
LLY	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/14/24	$905.00	$45.0K	53	471
UNH	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	07/19/24	$510.00	$88.5K	919	322
ABBV	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	06/14/24	$167.50	$50.8K	2.3K	242
SMMT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/19/24	$4.00	$26.6K	5.5K	76
SAVA	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/20/25	$35.00	$38.2K	780	71
NVCR	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	01/17/25	$15.00	$45.5K	1.0K	54
GILD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/20/25	$65.00	$30.0K	1.1K	53
TMO	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	09/20/24	$600.00	$32.6K	142	34
VKTX	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	01/16/26	$80.00	$36.6K	127	25

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding UNH (NYSE:UNH), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $510.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $88.5K, with a price of $885.0 per contract. There were 919 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 322 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ABBV (NYSE:ABBV), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on June 14, 2024. This event was a transfer of 164 contract(s) at a $167.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.8K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 2311 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 242 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMMT (NASDAQ:SMMT), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 70 contract(s) at a $4.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.6K, with a price of $380.0 per contract. There were 5564 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 76 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SAVA (NASDAQ:SAVA), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 378 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 49 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.2K, with a price of $780.0 per contract. There were 780 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 71 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVCR (NASDAQ:NVCR), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 224 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 54 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.5K, with a price of $844.0 per contract. There were 1072 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 54 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GILD (NASDAQ:GILD), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 378 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 47 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.0K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 1167 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 53 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TMO (NYSE:TMO), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 105 day(s) on September 20, 2024. Parties traded 15 contract(s) at a $600.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.6K, with a price of $2174.0 per contract. There were 142 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 34 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VKTX (NASDAQ:VKTX), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 588 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 21 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.6K, with a price of $1743.0 per contract. There were 127 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25 contract(s) were bought and sold.