Calls Purchased on AIXTRON AG (AIXG)

Shares of AIXTRON AG

are higher on the session by 2.38%, currently trading at $42.99. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the February 2011 $44.00 call was purchased 1,000 times, on the offer, on open interest of only 193 contracts. This signals new positioning on the strike. Overall call volume is now running at 3.51x the daily average with 82% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. AIXTRON AG is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The company's technology solutions are used by a range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials.