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Options Update for AES Corporation (AES)
Posted on 01/28/2010

AES options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 344 put and 4,819 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.07.

Put/Call ratio statistics can be used as an investor sentiment indicator. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the overall investment sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies that the overall investor sentiment is bullish based on the large amount of call options.

AES Corporation closed yesterday at $12.88 and opened today at $12.89. The stock price declined $0.20 (-1.48%) to $12.69 in today's trading session. AES is trading between the range of $12.47 - $12.99. Volume is 4,314,401 in relation to the three month average volume of 7,036,480 shares. AES is trading below the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average. To date, the stock's 52 week low is $4.80 and 52 week high is $15.44. AES Corporation has earnings per share of $0.99.

by Leo Goldman