Credit: Shutterstock photoNearing the halfway mark in today's session, here are the individual equity names with unusual option activity on optionMONSTER's ActionTracker data system.
iShares MSCI Brazil Fund (EWZ): A block of 25,000 June 20 calls was sold for $1.75 as investors bet upside will be limited in the emerging-market country. EWZ rose 0.26 percent to $19.39.
Novartis (NVS): Almost 2,300 February 72.50 calls were sold for $1 against as traders looked to earn income on the European pharmaceutical giant. NVS rose 1.02 percent to $73.44.
Zoetis (ZTS): About 3,000 February 40 puts were bought for $0.20 to $0.35 as traders braced against a pullback in the maker of veterinary medicines. ZTS fell 1.16 percent to $39.96.
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