HCA Holdings Inc (HCA) $24.25 -8.83%
HCA is off $1.83 to $24.77 in heavy trading of 3.9 million shares arfter the company reported earnings. EPS number topped expectations, but revenues fell short. In options action, a 4700-lot of Aug 24 puts trades on the Nashville, TN hospitals company for 40 cents per contract on ISE. A customer bought, to open, according to ISEE data. 5,100 contracts now traded. Aug 25 calls are the second most actives. 1,200 traded in small lots and the activity looks buyer-driven. Aug and Sep 25 puts are seeing interest as well and the overall directional sentiment based on the post-earnings flow in HCA seems somewhat bearish today. It’s probably related to news the DOJ is probing the company’s billing practices — LINK to story.
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