Notable Thursday Option Activity: SGRY, HZNP, CI

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Surgery Partners Inc (SGRY), where a total volume of 2,056 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 205,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 71.4% of SGRY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 287,920 shares..