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Interesting Options Volume for Inergy. (NRGY)
Posted on 02/11/2010

Inergy. options saw high put activity today. A total of 2,168 put and 169 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 12.83.

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.

Inergy. closed yesterday at $33.73 and opened today at $33.51. The stock price rose $0.97 (+2.88%) to $34.70 in today's trading session. NRGY is trading between the range of $33.25 - $34.70. Volume is 313,137 in relation to the three month average volume of 340,676 shares. NRGY 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 $19.86 and 52 week high is $37.60. Inergy. has earnings per share of $0.66. The stock has a P/E ratio of 50.87 and a dividend yield of 7.95%.

by Leo Goldman