Watch These 8 Huge Call 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.

• Infosys Ltd ADR INFY Apr 16.0 Calls Sweep: 4880 @ ASK $0.45: 22k traded vs 17k OI: Earnings 4/13 Before Open $15.68 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Apr 45.0 Calls Sweep: 1678 @ ASK $0.887: 1685 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open (est) $44.38 Ref
• Tenaris SA (ADR) TS Apr 35.0 Calls Sweep: 929 @ ASK $0.523: 6455 traded vs 9 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close $32.44 Ref
• MGM Resorts International MGM Mar 26.5 Calls: 1500 @ ASK $0.27: 3759 traded vs 12k OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open (est) $26.68 Ref
• Coach Inc COH May 44.0 Calls: 1020 @ ASK $0.45: 1020 traded vs 176 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open $39.93 Ref
• Staples, Inc. SPLS Apr 9.0 Calls: 2000 @ ASK $0.25: 2000 traded vs 413 OI: Earnings 5/17 Before Open (est) $8.83 Ref
• Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc IONS Mar 24th 41.5 Calls Sweep: 783 @ ASK $2.09: 789 traded vs 4 OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open (est) $41.81 Ref
• Red Hat Inc RHT Mar 31st 85.0 Calls Sweep: 1055 @ ASK $2.40: 1259 traded vs 162 OI: Earnings 3/27 After Close $84.16 Ref