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Options Activity for Chiquita Brands International (CQB)
Posted on 03/02/2010
 CQB options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 428 put and 4,580 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.09. There were 10.70 calls traded for each put contract.
Options are useful tools for predicting the movement of the
underlying stock. Put/Call ratio statistics serve as a useful predictor of investment
sentiment, indicating what experienced investors are doing in preparation for a move of an
underlying stock. Thus, unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Chiquita Brands International closed at $14.44 in the last trading session and opened today at $14.51.
The stock price declined $0.21 (-1.45%) to $14.23 in today's trading session.
CQB is trading between the range of $14.07 - $14.64.
Volume is 2,484,195 in relation to the three month average volume of 872,961 shares.
CQB is trading below the 50 day moving average and lower
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $4.32 and 52 week high is $19.59.
Chiquita Brands International has earnings per share of $1.99.
Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com
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