Notable Thursday Option Activity: LVS, MA, PEP

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS), where a total of 18,723 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.9 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 47.7% of LVS's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $43 strike put option expiring July 01, 2016, with 6,879 contracts trading so far today, represe...