Boston Scientific (BSX) loses 14 cents to $5.55 and options volume on the medical device-maker is 2X the daily average, being driven by Oct 6 call buyers. A multi-exchange sweep of 4,552 traded for 6 cents when the market was (register to read more …) [...]

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Upside call writers in Neoprobe (NEOP) Thursday. Shares are up 2 pennies to $3 and the top trade in the Dublin, OH biomedical company is a 2450-contract block of Apr 4 calls at 35 cents when the market was 35 (register to read more …) [...]

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Express Scripts (ESRX), which rallied 5.4 percent yesterday after the company announced plans to acquire Medco (MHS), is up another $1.46 to $56.81. A noteworthy recent options trade in ESRX is a four way spread, in which the strategist sold (register to read more …) [...]

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24 stocks will trade exdiv tomorrow morning, with total dividend proceeds available to early call exercisers exceeding $4.4million. Williams (WMB) leads the list with 83880 contracts subject to early exercise, but large positions also exist in KMB, OXY, RAI, and (register to read more …) [...]

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MedcoHealth Solutions (MHS) shares tumbled $7 to $57.44 on news CVS has won a Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield Government-wide pharmacy benefits contract. Early options trades in MHS include a seller of 7,000 July 65 calls at 25 cents each, which (register to read more …) [...]

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Community Health (CYH) is under fire this morning and options are actively traded after Tenet Healthcare (THC) filed a lawsuit alleging that CYH inflated admissions and overstated growth statistics. Shares are down $6.96 to $33.34 and April 34 puts are (register to read more …) [...]

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Dentsfly (XRAY) has come under pressure on increasing volume and is down 72 cents to $35.01. Investors are showing some interest in April 30 and 35 puts, which have traded 518 and 380X, respectively and are trading predominantly at the (register to read more …) [...]

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Tenet Healthcare (THC) adds 7 cents to $7.04 after reporting a quarterly profit of 14 cents per share, which was 6 cents better than Street views. Two blocks of 2,550 May 7 calls traded at 40 and 45 cents in (register to read more …) [...]

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Options action is picking up in Medronic (MDT) ahead of the medical device maker’s earnings release. Shares are up 69 cents to $40.96 and today’s options volume of 13000 calls and 2500 puts is 2X the recent average daily volume. (register to read more …) [...]

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Clinical Data (CLDA) gapped up, to a high of $25.35, and is $8.37 higher to $23.40 after the FDA approved the company’s anti-depressant drug. Options are actively traded as well and includes a block of 3,432 Mar 30 calls at (register to read more …) [...]

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