Notable Thursday Option Activity: AMGN, CERN, MTCH
December 16, 2021 at 13:34 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amgen Inc (AMGN), where a total volume of 15,924 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 50.7% of AMGN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares..