After being battered in active trading Wednesday, shares of Morgan Stanley (MS , news, chart, volatility) are trading higher in after hours on reports it is considering a merger with Wachovia (WB). (register to read more …)
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After being battered in active trading Wednesday, shares of Morgan Stanley (MS , news, chart, volatility) are trading higher in after hours on reports it is considering a merger with Wachovia (WB). (register to read more …)
Options on the iShares Xinhua China Index Fund (FXI) are seeing active trading and sentiment has remained suprisingly upbeat towards the exchange traded fund despite its ongoing woes. FXI is down $3.20 to $32.20 today and at a new 52-week (register to read more …)
NY Post reports Washington Mutual (WM , news, chart, volatility) is close to hiring investment bank Goldman Sachs as an adviser as it mulls its strategic options, including outright sale, or sale (register to read more …)
Looking away from financials for a moment, options on Comtech Telecom (CMTL , news, chart, volatility) are trading actively ahead of this afternoon’s earnings announcement, with buyers of short-term Sep 40 puts (register to read more …)
The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is up 5.30 to 35.60 and hit a high of 35.76. The move pushed the index beyond its March 17 high of 35.60 and to its best levels since the January 22 spike high to (register to read more …)
Fastenal (FAST , news, chart, volatility) options volume is running four times the usual on increasing put buying. Shares of Winona, MN-based construction and industrial supply company are down 55 cents to (register to read more …)
The S&P 500 Index (.SPX) has given up 16 points in the past 45 minutes or so and, at 1,162.64, the index is setting fresh session lows. 841,000 SPX puts have traed on the day, compared to 391,000 calls. In (register to read more …)
Xerox (XRX , news, chart, volatility) options volume is running three times the usual. Shares are down 20 cents to $12.58 and (register to read more …)
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