Notable Call Options Activity in Abiomed

Shares of Abiomed

are higher on the session by 10.15%, currently trading at $23.10. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest volume is the March 2012 $22.50 call, which has traded 440 times on open interest of 162 contracts. Small lots are active on the name today. Calls are outpacing puts today by 50 to 1. Abiomed, Inc. is a provider of medical devices in circulatory support and offers a continuum of care in heart recovery to acute heart failure patients. The products are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow and/or performing the pumping function of the heart.