Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: PENN, APO, HUN

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in PENN Entertainment Inc (PENN), where a total volume of 59,374 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 124% of PENN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.8 million shares..