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Interesting Options Volume for Holly Corporation (HOC)
Posted on 03/10/2010
 HOC options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 232 put and 5,701 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.04. There were 24.57 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.
Shares of HOC closed at $27.85 in the previous trading session and opened today at $27.78.
Holly Corporation settled the day up $1.77 to $29.62 in the trading session.
The day's trading range is between $27.48 and $29.77 respectively. On the volume side,
1,800,288 shares were traded which is greater than the average volume of 737,575 shares.
HOC is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200
day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $16.71 and 52 week high is $33.53. The stock has a P/E ratio of 72.15 and a dividend yield of 2.15%.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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