Informatica Corp. (INFA), the Redwood City, CA based independent provider of data integration software, is seeing Bullish Option activity this afternoon with the December 40-47.5 Call spread seeing an opening buyer
Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) shares are trading 3.4% higher this morning on unconfirmed takeover rumors (theflyonthewall.com) and option activity is already 6 times the company's average daily volume.
Qlik Technologies, Inc. (QLIK), a developer of business intelligence solutions, sees early Bearish option activity this morning with the September 22 Calls seeing heavy activity on the bids.
Early Bullish Option activity in office supply retailer Office Depot, Inc. (ODP) with an investor purchasing 3,000 September 2.5 Calls at $.10.
J.C. Penny Co. (JCP) is seeing Bearish Option order flow this afternoon with an investor paying $.79 for the October 21-24 Put spread.
Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) is slated to release their fiscal Q1 earnings before the opening tomorrow and Option activity so far today suggests at least one investor is looking for an upside surprise by the company.
SuperValu Inc. (SVU), the Eden Prairie, MN based operator of retail food stores in the U.S., sees an investor place a short term Bearish bet that the shares will remain below $8.00 over the next 8 trading days.
AOL Inc. (AOL) is bucking the trend today with the shares of the Internet access and content company trading 1% higher with the general markets trading down nearly 2%.
Semiconductor circuit producer Atmel Corp. (ATML) shares are trading at their lowest level in more than 10 months and Option activity this morning suggests at least one investor is looking for the shares to rebound during the remainder of 2011.
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) sees an early Bearish Put buyer this morning with a multi-exchange sweep of more than 6,000 October 31 strike options at $1.85.
A midday Call buyer appears in semiconductor packaging and test service provider Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) with the focus on the December 5 strike Bullish options.
LyondellBasell Industries N. V. (LYB), the Netherlands-based manufacturer of chemicals, fuels and polymers used for packaging, sees an investor open a Bullish Call spread this morning with the purchase of the December 35-43 spread 5,000 times for $3.05