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Interesting Options Volume for News Corporation (NWS)
Posted on 03/09/2010

News Corporation options saw high put activity today. A total of 2,000 put and 150 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 13.33. There were 13.33 puts traded for each call contract.

Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to make a move. Investors can use the Put/Call ratio statistics to measure trader sentiment. 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.

Shares of News Corporation edged up $0.01 (+0.06%) to $16.72. The stock closed at $16.71 in the previous trading session and opened today at $16.66. The price of the stock ranged between a low of $16.56 and $16.76 respectively. The stock price rose $0.01 (+0.06%) to $16.72 in today's trading session. The trading volume of 2,792,420 is below the 90 day average volume of 3,488,150 shares. NWS is trading above the 50 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $5.61 and 52 week high is $16.83.

by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group