Stillwater Mining (SWC) $8.44 -1.75%
Stillwater Mining (SWC) touches new 52-week lows and is down a dime to $8.49. Options trades on the Billings, MT metals and minerals company include a multi-exchange sweep of 4,400 Oct 9 puts at $1.15 when the market was $1.15 to $1.30. A customer sold-to-open, according to sentiment data. 5,095 traded. After a six-day 35.3 percent plunge, the contract is now 50 cents in-the-money and today’s put writers are possibly looking for the stock to recapture a portion of that loss (move beyond $9) through the October expiration. Implied volatility in options on the stock has eased 3 percent butr remains elevated at 102.
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