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Options Update for Gafisa SA (GFA)
Posted on 03/11/2010
 Gafisa SA options saw high put activity today. A total of 1,280 put and 166 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 7.71. There were 7.71 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.
Gafisa SA closed at $16.28 in the last trading session and opened today at $16.27.
The stock price declined $0.06 (-0.37%) to $16.22 in today's trading session.
GFA is trading between the range of $16.00 - $16.50.
Volume is 1,036,303 in relation to the three month average volume of 1,877,230 shares.
The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows oversold conditions.
GFA is trading below the 50 day moving average and lower
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $3.685 and 52 week high is $18.81.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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