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Trading Alert for Avon Products (AVP)
Posted on 03/04/2010
 Unusual volume of put contracts was traded today. There were 6,479 puts contracts versus the ten day average volume of 1,072. On the calls side, 134 calls contracts were traded. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 48.35. There were 48.35 puts traded for each call contract.
The following alerts were raised:
- Unusual Put Volume
- High Put/Call Ratio
Put/Call ratio can be regarded as a predictor of investment sentiment,
indicating what experienced investors are doing in preparation for a move of an underlying equity.
A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors are
expecting the underlying stock price to decrease. Conversely, a low Put/Call ratio implies
that the investor sentiment is bullish and that investors are expecting the underlying
stock price to increase. Thus, unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Shares of Avon Products edged down $0.24 (-0.77%) to $30.82.
The stock closed at $31.06 in the previous trading session and opened today at $31.07.
The price of the stock ranged between a low of $30.58 and $31.22 respectively.
The stock price declined $0.24 (-0.77%) to $30.82 in today's trading session.
The trading volume of 2,032,974 is below the 90 day average volume of 3,980,430 shares.
AVP is trading below the 50 day moving average.
The stock's 52 week low is $14.40 and 52 week high is $36.39. The stock has a P/E ratio of 21.42 and a dividend yield of 2.74%.
Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
sasha.gelf@marketintellisearch.com
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