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Interesting Options Volume for Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI)
Posted on 03/12/2010
 Darden Restaurants Inc options saw high put activity today. A total of 4,631 put and 585 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 7.92. There were 7.92 puts traded for each call contract.
Options can be used as predictors of stock behavior. Investors can
use Put/Call ratios as technical indicators to read for signs of institutional sentiment. The
Put/Call ratios offer insight to investors and can be used as either a direct or contrarian
indicator for trading decisions. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is
expected to make a move.
Darden Restaurants Inc closed at $42.28 in the last trading session and opened today at $42.37.
The stock price declined $0.29 (-0.69%) to $41.99 in today's trading session.
DRI is trading between the range of $41.70 - $42.48.
Volume is 1,916,530 in relation to the three month average volume of 2,264,770 shares.
The technical momentum Relative Strengh Index indicator shows overbought conditions.
DRI is trading above the 50 day moving average and higher
than the 200 day moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $26.75 and 52 week high is $42.65.
by Sasha Gelf
Options Analytics Group
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