Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: BLK, AWK, MRK
August 19, 2020 at 13:16 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Blackrock Inc (BLK), where a total volume of 2,572 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 257,200 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 54.2% of BLK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 474,185 shares..