United Healthcare (UNH) hit a low of $30.82 early, but was recently up 96 cents to $32. In the options market, a noteworthy trade Wednesday morning is a Sep 31 straddle, sold at $1.95, 10000X on AMEX. It was tied (register to read more …) [...]

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A large diagonal call spread traded in Baxter International a moment ago, as a customer bought 20,000 Nov 47.5 calls and sold 20,000 Aug 45 calls for a 43cent debit on the CBOE. Shares are up 35cents on the day (register to read more …) [...]

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Hologic shares are up 30c to $15 and option volume is 22x the daily average driven by what the June $15 and September $17.50 calls which traded 8,900x each. The spread was done for a 20c net debt (June sold/Sep, (register to read more …) [...]

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United Healthcare shares are up 25c to $30.10 and a notable trade was the May $31/ June $32 call spread traded 1993x (total 2010 now) on ISE, in what appears to be a roll up and out. ISEE data is (register to read more …) [...]

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Boston Scientific (BSX) shares are down 4 cents to $6.91 and BSX puts seeing some interest early Thursday after the FDA recommends that doctors not use BSX medical devices. The FDA is not urging explants and is now aware of (register to read more …) [...]

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Kinetic Concepts (KCI) is halted, news pending ahead of a trial verdict against Smith and Nephew. Shares are up 68 cents to $43.99 and options were active ahead of the halt, with 16K puts and 7500 calls traded. The top (register to read more …) [...]

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Millipore (MIL) shares launched 22.5 percent higher Monday after Bloomberg reported Thermo Fisher (TMO) might make a bid for the company. MIL has added another 6.4 percent over the past two days. Today, with shares up $4.10 to $92.97, another (register to read more …) [...]

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Millipore (MIL) spikes to a new 52-week high of $102.91 and was recently up $26.67 to $98.01 on 6X the average daily options volume. Thermo Fisher is said to be making a $6 bln bid for MIL. This is a (register to read more …) [...]

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Aetna (AET) is up $1.46 to $33.97 after a healthcare bill that appears set to clear the Senate with 60 votes doesn’t include a public healthcare plan option. While the House version of the bill does include one, reports are (register to read more …) [...]

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Alcon shares are up $1.20 to $163.20 and it looks like someone is taking some profits. The Feb. $155/$170 call spread was sold 5,000 times at 8.00 which is likely closely part of a position opened on 11/4 when the (register to read more …) [...]

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