Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Friday 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 Thursday’s regular session.

• 58.com Inc (ADR) WUBA Jan18 30.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $2.85: 500 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 11/29 After Close (est) (est) $41.78 Ref
• Tenet Healthcare Corp THC Nov16 17.0 Puts Sweep: 3718 @ ASK $0.65: 5001 traded vs 15 OI: Earnings 2/21 After Close (est) $18.24 Ref
• Prudential Financial Inc PRU Dec16 85.0 Puts Sweep: 1382 @ ASK $2.61: 1383 traded vs 118 OI: $86.75 Ref
• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Jan17 7.0 Puts Sweep: 3000 @ ASK $0.70: 3000 traded vs 1398 OI: Earnings 11/10 Before Open $7.71 Ref
• First Solar, Inc. FSLR Nov $37.5 Put Sweep; 1319 @Ask @$1.86 vs 131 OI