Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: MRK, ABT, ISRG
March 15, 2024 at 15:25 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Merck & Co Inc (MRK), where a total volume of 39,036 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 50.3% of MRK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.8 million shares..