Notable Friday Option Activity: CR, CDE, SBNY

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Crane Co. (Symbol: CR), where a total of 1,008 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 100,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 43.4% of CR's average daily trading volume over the past month of 232,055 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $55 strike call option expiring September 16, 2016 , with 495 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 49,500 underlying shares of CR. Below is a chart showing CR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange:

Coeur Mining, Inc. (Symbol: CDE) options are showing a volume of 22,987 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.3 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 42.6% of CDE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.4 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $14 strike call option expiring September 16, 2016 , with 6,356 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 635,600 underlying shares of CDE. Below is a chart showing CDE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $14 strike highlighted in orange:

And Signature Bank (Symbol: SBNY) saw options trading volume of 1,535 contracts, representing approximately 153,500 underlying shares or approximately 41.1% of SBNY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 373,305 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $115 strike put option expiring September 16, 2016 , with 861 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 86,100 underlying shares of SBNY. Below is a chart showing SBNY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $115 strike highlighted in orange:

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