Daily Market News and Analysis
Shares of Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (EXM - 2.03) have rallied today, after the company reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, and announced that it has inked an agreement to defer loan payments of up to %24100 million through 2016...(Read More)
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY - 25.59) has seen an upswing in call activity today, as roughly 18,000 of these options have changed hands, reflecting 10 times the equity's expected intraday volume...(Read More)
Bearish options players showed an unusual interest in MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc...(Read More)
Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK - 41.00) saw an uptick in put activity on Thursday, as nearly 2,200 of these options changed hands, which was double the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
China-based Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (CTRP - 23.42) was started at "underweight" at Barclays Thursday morning, which may have given bears further incentive to target the stock ahead of options expiration today...(Read More)
Traders today have taken an interest in call options on Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO - 23.30), with volume ramping up to seven times the expected level...(Read More)
Call volume has skyrocketed today on Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM - 37.31), with roughly 10,000 contracts changing hands so far...(Read More)
Call volume accelerated on AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB - 137.46) yesterday, as 1,656 contracts changed hands -- nearly quadrupling the stock's typical daily activity...(Read More)
Put players targeted Supervalu (SVU - 6.16) on Wednesday, with bearishly oriented option volume accelerating to roughly four times the expected level...(Read More)
Bullish options players have taken a shine to E*Trade Financial Corporation (ETFC - 10.29) today, after the investment firm reported an increase in February trading volumes and asset levels, as well as a decline in delinquent loans...(Read More)
Shares of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (PWRD - 12.81) have rallied today, after the online gaming guru announced that its widely anticipated Blacklight Retribution game will be released in North America and Europe on April 3...(Read More)
AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS - 7.34) was slapped with a price-target cut to %248 from %249 at Citigroup early this morning, but that hasn't stopped call players from ambushing the stock today...(Read More)
Bullish bettors converged on Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (RAX - 54.98) yesterday, as north of 9,500 calls were exchanged, more than doubling the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
GameStop Corp. (GME - 23.42) found itself on the bearish radar yesterday, as more than 5,200 puts changed hands, which was more than triple the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
Shares of State Street Corporation (STT - 44.44) rallied on Tuesday, taking part in a broad-based advance on Wall Street...(Read More)
Illumina, Inc. (ILMN - 50.32) has been the focus of some bearish attention today, as more than 8,000 puts have been exchanged so far, which is more than three times the norm...(Read More)
Following in the footsteps of sector peer JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU), US Airways Group, Inc...(Read More)
Bullish bettors converged on NII Holdings (NIHD - 16.57) -- parent company to Nextel Communications -- on Monday, as nearly 6,000 calls were exchanged, which was more than double the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
CME Group Inc. (CME - 271.59) was deluged with bearish options activity yesterday, as close to 5,800 puts changed hands, more than tripling the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU - 4.95) released its preliminary February traffic results on Monday -- which showed a 17.4% increase, on a year-over-year basis -- but the news did little to dissuade bears from swooping down upon the stock...(Read More)
Call players have descended upon Riverbed Technology, Inc. (RVBD - 26.79) in droves today, as roughly 14,000 of these options have been exchanged, reflecting five times the equity's expected intraday volume...(Read More)
Tiffany & Co. (TIF - 69.32) lashed back at Swatch Group SA today, filing a %24590-million countersuit against the Swiss watchmaker -- three months after the latter sued the fine jewelry retailer for %244.2 billion worth of lost profits during their failed strategic alliance...(Read More)
Zions Bancorporation (ZION - 18.70) received some bullish analyst attention on Thursday, as the equity was started at "buy" at Roth Capital, and raised to "overweight" from "neutral" at J.P...(Read More)
Bullish traders took a shine to Aruba Networks (ARUN - 22.82) on Friday, on the heels of Thursday's upgrade to "outperform" from "market perform" at William Blair...(Read More)
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (HOT - 55.23) saw a rise in bullish options activity on Friday, as more than 9,900 calls changed hands, reflecting five times the equity's average daily volume...(Read More)
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