Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) $18.23 +2.73%
Warner Chilcott (WCRX) adds 51 cents to $18.25 in active trading of 4.8 million shares and implied volatility in the options on the drugmaker is moving to 52-week highs amid brisk trading in the puts and calls on the stock. The top trade is a July 21 – 28 call spread for $1.10, 2000X on PHLX. Earlier in the day, 2000 Jul 21 calls traded on the stock for 85 cents. The market is now $1.30 to $1.45 and volume is approaching 10,000 contracts. Some of the flow also seems to be due to July 15 – 21 bullish risk-reversals, which have traded 2400X for 80 cents on NYSE-ARCA. Overall flow looks bullish and implied volatility is up 19 percent to 83.5. No news on the stock today, but there was M&A chatter circulating in WCRX Friday.
Category: All Stocks, Mid Cap Stocks, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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